Emotional Intelligence

Einstein never took a modern IQ test, but it's believed that he had an IQ of 160, the same score as Hawking.

"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." Albert Einstein

Emotional intelligence, or emotional quotient (EQ) and intelligence quotient (IQ), is the capability of individuals to recognize their own emotions, those of others, and discern between.

EQ refers to the parts of emotional intelligence that can be quantified and measured and as such are hard to specify. Researchers have defined emotional intelligence as an ability, a trait or a mixture of the two. A person's EQ is a measure of their interpersonal and communication skills.

An average EQ score ranges from 90-100, with a perfect score measuring 160. Those who score high on this test should continue to make an effort to understand and empathize with others. Those with below average EQ scores can increase their emotional intelligence by learning to reduce negative emotions.

"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too." Friedrich Nietzsche

Emotional intelligence, is defined as an individual's ability to identify, evaluate, control, and express emotions. While the IQ, is a score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess an individual's intelligence.

Emotional intelligence determines our ability to manage our feelings and relationships internally and externally. Good social skills are associated with high EQ levels. However, if one must choose, it is believed that EQ is slightly more important than IQ because it develops one's ability to judge and react to people around them.

Cultural intelligence quotient (CQ) on the other hand is the natural evolution from the now well-established notions of IQ and EQ.

While, Spiritual intelligence quotient (SQ), underpins IQ and EQ. It is an ability to access higher meanings, values, abiding purposes, and unconscious aspects of the self and to embed these meanings, values, and purposes in living richer and more creative lives.

Whereas, Adversity intelligence quotient (AQ) is the ability of a person to manage high stress levels and ability to work efficiently in the adversity. Emotional intelligence can be defined as the ability of the person to understand their own and other people's emotions and feelings.

When, Creative intelligence quotient (CQ) involves going beyond what is given to generate novel and interesting ideas. It is the ability to come up with new ideas through a mental process of connecting existing concepts.

Howard Gardner, an American developmental psychologist at the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, suggested in his theory of multiple intelligences that intelligence is formed out of multiple abilities. He recognized eight intelligences: linguistic, musical, spatial, intrapersonal, interpersonal, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, and naturalist.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict.

Emotionally intelligent people don't just understand emotions; they know what they're good at and what they're terrible at.

Having a high EQ means you know your strengths and you know how to lean into them and use them to your full advantage while keeping your weaknesses from holding you back.

Having a low EQ is a problem that can have an influence on a wide variety of social relationships.

Emotional intelligence has been defined as:

"the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior" Peter Salovey and John Mayer

IQ Range (ratio): IQ Classification

• Above 140 is: Near genius or genius
• 120–140 is: Very superior intelligence
• 110–120 is: Superior intelligence
• 90–110 is: Normal, or average, intelligence

An IQ is a total score derived from several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence. By this definition, approximately two-thirds of the population scores are between 85 and 115.

IQs can improve over time, or the older you get the more likely your IQ will stay in the same range. Yes, our IQ can change over time! But IQ tests give us almost the same answer to a very substantial extent, even over a period of one year. Thus. the older we are, the more stable our test score will be.

According to a University of Oregon study, the answer is very clear:

"More items stored in short-term memory is linked to greater fluid intelligence, as measured in IQ tests. The resolution of those memories, while important in many situations, shows no relationship with fluid intelligence."

In short, IQ it is supposed to gauge how well someone can use information and logic to answer questions or make predictions. IQ tests begin to assess this by measuring short- and long-term memory.

Cindy Wigglesworth, MA, author of SQ21: 'The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence' defines Spiritual intelligence (SI) as:

"the ability to act with wisdom and compassion, while maintaining inner and outer peace, regardless of the circumstances."

The four quadrants of spiritual intelligence are defined as:

Over time, Intelligence has been defined in many ways, including: the capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving.

Intelligence in the normal range is a polygenic trait, meaning that it is influenced by more than one gene, more specifically, over 500, and is thought to be 50% to 80% genetic in origin. The heritability of IQ for adults is between 57% and 73% with some more-recent estimates as high as 80% and 86%.

Meanwhile, the brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. Physiologically, the function of the brain is to exert centralized control over the other organs of the body. The brain acts on the rest of the body both by generating patterns of muscle activity and by driving the secretion of chemicals called hormones.

Whereby, our episodic memory is the memory of autobiographical events (times, places, associated emotions, and other contextual who, what, when, where, why knowledge) that can be explicitly stated or conjured. It is the collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place.

Whereas, our temporal lobe is involved in primary auditory perception, such as hearing, and holds the primary auditory cortex. The primary auditory cortex receives sensory information from the ears and secondary areas process the information into meaningful units such as speech and words.

"Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind." Bruce Lee

Food for thought!