Motivation, Emotion, and Cognition : Integrative Perspectives On Intellectual Functioning and Development

TABLE 7.1

A Hierarchical View of Emotional Intelligence Abilities

as Measured by the MSCEIT

Emotional Intelligence

Area 1: Experiential EI

Area 2: Strategic EI

Branch 1: (Perception of emotion)

Branch 2: (Use of emotion)

Branch 3: (Understanding of emo-

tion)

Branch 4: (Regulation of emotion)

Task 1: Faces

Participants view photographsof faces and identify the emo-tions in them.

Task 3: Sensation

Which tactile, taste, and colorsensations are reminiscent of aspecific emotion?

Task 5: Blends

Which emotions might blend to-gether to form a more complexfeeling?

Task 7: Emotion Management

How effective alternative actionswould be in achieving a certainoutcome, in emotion-laden situa-tions where individuals mustregulate their feelings.

Task 2: Pictures

Participants view photographsof faces and artistic representa-tions and identify the emotionsin them.

Task 4: Facilitation

How moods enhance thinking,reasoning, and other cognitiveprocesses.

Task 6: Changes

How emotions progress andchange from one state to an-other.

Task 8: Relationship Management

Test-takers evaluate how effec-tive different actions would bein achieving an emotion-ladenoutcome involving other people.

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