Socio-Emotional Intelligence

"Emotional" Intelligence refers to...

• our ability to appreciate emo music

• deal with situations with patience, insight, and imagination

• behave in a really unpredictable, dramatic way

• someone who is really smart, but also really dramatic

An individual who is brilliant in school, but sad in their personal relationships, or someone who gets rich, but is depressed all the time can be said to be suffering from...

• "a deficit of emotional intelligence/satisfaction"

• "a severe case of paranoia"

• "being bi-polar"

• "an excess of social intelligence"

Someone with a lot of emotional intelligence can probably...

• do well in a game show like Jeopardy! or win trivia contests

• sing really well, because they're good at expressing their emotions

• score highly on the SATs

• sense when others are sad or happy, and feel empathy for them

If you develop your emotional intelligence, you'll probably be more likely to recognize when...

• the way you're behaving may be related to other experiences you've had during the day

• mean people want to take advantage of you

• changes in the weather might affect crops and animal life

• someone is trying to act strangely just to get attention from you

"The central vehicle for the transfer of emotional intelligence is..."

• Mr. Lu

• hamburgers

• culture

• music

Your emotions can be influenced by music and television and the Internet.

• True, because Mr. Lu insisted it is true.

• True; all these things and more can affect your emotions.

• False; only weak people are influenced by music and other media

• False; this is clearly a trick question by Mr. Lu

Someone with lots of social intelligence probably knows when...

• it's time to eat dinner.

• you should run away from danger.

• you should use humor to lighten the mood of a sad situation.

• to walk the dog and feed the cat.

Emotional Intelligence is built up by...

• making lots and lots of Tiktok videos.

• exercise, like lifting weights or doing yoga.

• experiencing all kinds of things throughout your life.

• going to special "Emotional Intelligence" camp.

Which career would someone with a lot of emotional intelligence probably succeed best in, among these choices?

• therapist

• rapper

• soldier

• baker

Trauma (a bad relationship, past abuse, etc.) can affect your emotional intelligence.

• True; all of your past experiences can influence your emotional intelligence in some way.

• True; the video said so, therefore it must be true.

• False; there is no evidence that past experiences have any affect on your emotional intelligence.

• False; people who suffer trauma are just being dramatic.