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• Entrepreneurial competence information accurately and efficiently. To (commitment, persistence, patience, know the characteristics of persons who hard work, vigilance, and goal-directed are high on emotional intelligence, read behaviours). Box 1.2. Emotional intelligence is receiving E MOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE increasing attention of educators for dealing with students who are affected by The notion of emotional intelligence stresses and challenges of the outside world. Programmes aimed at improving broadens the concept of intelligence students’ emotional intelligence have beyond the intellectual sphere/domain and considers that intelligence includes beneficial effects on their academic emotions. You may note that it builds on achievement. They encourage cooperative the concept of intelligence in the Indian behaviour and reduce their antisocial activities. These programmes are very tradition. Emotional intelligence is a set useful in preparing students to face the of skills that underlie accurate appraisal, expression, and regulation of emotions. It challenges of life outside the classroom. is the feeling side of intelligence. A good IQ and scholastic record is not enough to be SPECIAL A BILITIES successful in life. You may find many people who are academically talented, but Aptitude : Nature and Measurement are unsuccessful in their own life. They experience problems in family, workplace By now you have learnt enough about and interpersonal relationships. What do intelligence. You may recall that intelligence tests assess a general mental they lack? Some psychologists believe that ability. Aptitude refers to special abilities the source of their difficulty may be a lack of emotional intelligence. This concept was in a particular field of activity. It is a first introduced by Salovey and Mayer who combination of characteristics that indicates considered emotional intelligence as “the an individual’s capacity to acquire some specific knowledge or skill after training. We ability to monitor one’s own and other’s emotions, to discriminate among them, and assess aptitude with the help of selected to use the information to guide one’s tests. The knowledge of aptitude can help thinking and actions”. Emotional Quotient us to predict an individual’s future (EQ) is used to express emotional performance. While assessing intelligence, intelligence in the same way as IQ is used to express intelligence. psychologists often found that people with In simple terms, emotional intelligence similar intelligence differed widely in refers to the ability to process emotional acquiring certain knowledge or skills. You Characteristics of Emotionally Intelligent Persons Box 1.2 • Perceive and be sensitive to your feelings and emotions. • Perceive and be sensitive to various types of emotions in others by noting their body language, voice and tone, and facial expressions. • Relate your emotions to your thoughts so that you take them into account while solving problems and taking decisions. • Understand the powerful influence of the nature and intensity of your emotions. • Control and regulate your emotions and their expressions while dealing with self and others to achieve harmony and peace. 17 Chapter 1 • Variations in Psychological Attributes Reprint 2026-27