Emotional Intelligence Quiz

What is emotional intelligence?

• Understanding other people's jokes

• Knowing how to play an instrument

• Understanding and managing your own emotions and the emotions of others

• Being able to solve math problems

Why is emotional intelligence important?

• It helps us make friends and work well with others

• It helps us remember things for exams

• It makes us better at video games

• It helps us sleep better at night

What are emotions?

• A type of food

• The way we feel inside, like happy, sad, or angry

• A type of music

• Things we see on TV shows

What are feelings?

• The same as emotions – they are how we feel inside

• A type of game

• A form of exercise

• Something we can touch

How can we tell what emotion we are feeling?

How do emotions affect our behavior?

• They change the color of our hair

• They make us want to act in different ways, like smile when happy or cry when sad

• They stop us from talking

• They make us run faster

What is one way to manage our emotions?

• Ignore them and hope they go away

• Recognize how we are feeling and take deep breaths

• Run away from other people

• Play loud music to block out our feelings

How can talking to someone help us manage our emotions?

• Talking makes our emotions go away completely

• Sharing how we feel can help us feel better and understand our emotions

• It helps other people understand our problems

• It makes our emotions worse

What is empathy?

• Feeling sorry for yourself

• Understanding how someone else is feeling

Why is it important to understand other people's emotions?

• So we can make fun of them

• So we can help them and build better relationships

• So we can avoid them

• So we can be the boss of them