Emotional Intelligence involves the ability to perceive and manage one's own and others feelings and emotions, to handle interpersonal relationship effectively. This concept was introduced by __________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Salovey and Mayer
The concept of emotional intelligence was first introduced by Salovey and Mayer, who saw it as the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ emotions, to tell them apart and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions.
Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 07-06-2026 (Slot 2).
NCERT (2025-26): “Emotional Intelligence … What do they lack? Some psychologists believe that the source of their difficulty may be a lack of emotional intelligence. This concept was first introduced by Salovey and Mayer who considered emotional intelligence as ‘the ability to monitor one’s own and other’s emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions’. Emotional Quotient (EQ) is used to express emotional intelligence in the same way as IQ is used to express intelligence.…” |