A STUDY ON EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT VS INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT

ABSTRACT

Education has been the instrument in the development of man to enable him live an effective and
meaningful life and to contribute towards the development of society in which he finds himself. The
influence of Intelligence quotient and Emotional Quotient of the individual for developing innovative
thinking plays vital role.

Definitions

 Emotional Intelligence – Your ability to use both emotions and cognitive skills in your life.

Susan Dunn

OR

 Emotional Intelligence refers to the capacity for recognizing your own feelings and those of
others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our
relationships.

Daniel Goleman

 Leadership – Taking someone to a place they would not have gone to on their own.

T. Everson

 Emotional Competence – A learned capability based on emotional intelligence that results in

outstanding work performance.

Daniel Goleman

 Emotional Intelligence- determines our potential for learning the practical skills related to
self-awareness/motivation/self-regulation/empathy/adeptness in relationships

 Emotional Competence- shows how much of that potential we have translated into on the
job capabilities

INTRODUCTION

Emotional Intelligence - EQ - is a relatively recent behavioural model, rising to prominence with

Daniel Goleman's 1995 Book called 'Emotional Intelligence'. Emotional Intelligence is increasingly
relevant to organizational development and developing people, because the EQ principles provide a
new way to understand and assess people's behaviours, management styles, attitudes, interpersonal
skills, and potential. Emotional Intelligence is an important consideration in human resources
planning, job profiling, recruitment interviewing and selection, management development, customer
relations and customer service, and more. The EQ concept argues that IQ, or conventional
intelligence, is too narrow; that there are wider areas of emotional intelligence that dictate and
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than IQ (Intelligence Quotient), which has tended to be the traditional measure of intelligence,
ignoring essential behavioural and character elements. Despite possessing a high IQ rating, success
does not automatically follow. We are at the beginning of a new century, and intelligence and
success are not viewed the same way they were before. New theories of intelligence have been
introduced and are gradually replacing the traditional theory. The whole child/student has become
the center of concern, not only his reasoning capacities, but also his creativity, emotions, and
interpersonal skills.

What is EQ?
According to the University of New Hampshire psychology department,
emotional intelligence is the "ability to validly reason with emotions and to
use emotions to enhance thought." EQ refers to an individual's ability to
perceive, control, evaluate, and express emotions. People with high EQ can
manage emotions, use their emotions to facilitate thinking, understand
emotional meanings and accurately perceive others' emotions. EQ is partially
determined by how a person relates to others and maintains emotional
control.

What is IQ?
Intelligence quotient or IQ is a score received from standardized
assessments designed to test intelligence. IQ relates directly to intellectual
pursuits such as the ability to learn as well as understand and
apply information to skill sets. IQ covers logical reasoning, word
comprehension and math skills. People with higher IQ can think in abstracts
and make connections by making generalizations easier.

Can EQ or IQ be Enhanced?
Emotional awareness is best inculcated from an early age by encouraging
qualities like sharing, thinking about others, putting oneself in another
person's shoes, giving individual space and the general principles of
cooperation. There are toys and games available to increase emotional
intelligence, and children who do not do well in social settings are known to
perform significantly better after taking SEL (Social and Emotional Learning)
classes. Adult EQ can also be enhanced, although to a limited extent through
effective coaching.
 There are some conditions like high functioning autism (HFA) or
Asperger's where one of the symptoms may be low-empathy. While
some studies found that adults with Asperger's have low-empathy, there are
have been studies with control groups that indicate EQ can be changed in
individuals with HFA or Aspergers.
IQ is more of a genetic make, but there are several ways to tap an
individual's IQ to its highest potential through brain-food and mental ability
exercises like puzzles, lateral thinking problems, and problem-solving
techniques that make you think outside the box.

What's More Important — IQ or EQ?

There are differing perspectives on whether EQ or IQ is more important.
Those in the EQ camp say "A high IQ will get you through school, a high EQ
will get you through life."
There are also those who believe cognitive ability (IQ) is a better predictor of
success and EQ is overrated, sometimes even in emotionally demanding
jobs. One meta-studycompiled results from several studies comparing IQ and
EQ, and researchers found that IQ accounted for more than 14% of job
performance; emotional intelligence for less than 1%.

History
The theory of EQ only dates back to 1985. Wayne Payne proposed the
theory in his doctoral thesis "A Study of Emotion: Developing Emotional
Intelligence." The idea of EQ became more widely known with Daniel
Goleman's 1995 book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than
IQ.
The idea of quantifying intelligence dates back to 1883. English statistician
Francis Galton's wrote about the idea in his paper "Inquiries into Human
Faculty and Its Development." French psychologist Alfred Binet developed a
test in 1905. This first IQ test was an attempt to classify school children in
France based on intellectual ability.

EQ vs. IQ which is most important in the success or failure of a student?

Abstract

To be successful, emotional intelligence has an importance as great as mathematical intelligence.

Therefore, employers are increasingly looking for more people with emotional intelligence.
Researchers have shown that our success at work or in life depends on Emotional Intelligence 80%
and only20% of intellect. While our intellect help us to resolve problems, to make the calculations or
to process information Emotional intelligence (EQ) allows us to be more creative and use our
emotions to resolve our problems. Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive and express,
assimilate emotion in thought, understanding the prism of emotions and adjust ourselves and others
emotions. Unlike logical-mathematical intelligence, which suffers insignificant modifications once
the end of adolescence, emotional intelligence can be developed over time, free of age limit, with
the condition that it is provided the necessary attention and effort to it.

The present study was conducted on a total of 60 students of the Faculty of Psychology. Keywords:
emotional quotient, intelligence quotient, success, student, failure. 1.

Introduction

Our main purpose is to identify the emotional and general intelligence role (EQ and IQ) in academic
success and not only. We supposed that the academic success is related to emotional intelligence
level, so that those persons with higher level of emotional intelligence are characterized with a
higher motivation to reach success. Thinking is what makes possible the self emotions correctly
perception, expression and their adjustment. An individual intellectual development depends on
emotional state.

. Conclusions: The results of the study demonstrated that EQ components cannot function isolated,
contrary they are in a interdependence relation. Humans must be consciousness enough of
themselves to identify what really push them to reach success in some situations. Also, they must be
capable to control their emotional energies to use the maxim level of their capacity, especially in
stress conditions. Individuals must be sensitive at what motivates others if they want to influence
these persons behavior. Understanding motivation goes to social abilities development, including
the capacity of having a positive effect on others behavior, of being able to resolve conflicts, to live
and work with humans. Even though an individual have enough knowledge and brilliant ideas, if he is
not managing to control his emotions and feelings he can get difficulties in his trying to build human
relations or a success career.

IQ EQ
Helps you get in the door Helps you succeed at job
Measure of ability to learn or understand Measure of ability to use your emotions
and logical skills
Trying to convince someone by facts Trying to convince someone by reasoning
Being at the mercy of emotions because Understanding and managing emotions and
you don’t understand them using them for good reasons
Book smart Heart smart
Gets you through school Gets you through life

DEDICATION

This research work is dedicated to my mother, whose support during the process was a constant
source of vigor and encouragement, and to my father, who passed away quite suddenly on
December 17th, 2003. Dad, I reached the destination, but the journey continues.