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This document provides an introduction to psychology, intelligence, and emotional intelligence. It discusses key concepts such as: - Definitions of intelligence as the ability to understand the world, think rationally, and deal effectively with challenges. - The origins of intelligence testing in the early 20th century with Binet and Simon's tests measuring mental age compared to chronological age. - Lewis Terman's revision of the test and definition of IQ as a ratio of mental to chronological age. - The concept of emotional intelligence involving skills like self-awareness, managing emotions, and empathy. - Differences between IQ and EQ, such as IQ being fixed and EQ being improvable throughout life.

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This document provides an introduction to psychology, intelligence, and emotional intelligence. It discusses key concepts such as: - Definitions of intelligence as the ability to understand the world, think rationally, and deal effectively with challenges. - The origins of intelligence testing in the early 20th century with Binet and Simon's tests measuring mental age compared to chronological age. - Lewis Terman's revision of the test and definition of IQ as a ratio of mental to chronological age. - The concept of emotional intelligence involving skills like self-awareness, managing emotions, and empathy. - Differences between IQ and EQ, such as IQ being fixed and EQ being improvable throughout life.

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Introduction to

Psychology
Delivered by
Amna Nisar
Clinical Psychologist
Speech and language Pathologist
Introduction to
Psychology
Intelligence
Intelligence

• Intelligence is an inferred process that humans use to


explain the different degrees of adaptive success in
people’s behavior.
• The capacity to understand the world, think
rationally, and use resources effectively when faced
with challenges.
• The ability to understand and deal with people, objects, and
symbols
• The ability to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal
effectively with the environment
Mental Age
• The first Intelligence test was created by Binet and Simon using
simple tasks to distinguish children who would do well in school
from those who wouldn’t.
• Binet and Simon used Mental age to distinguish “bright” from
“dull” children
• Mental age is a concept related to intelligence. It looks at how a
specific individual (usually a child), at a specific age, performs
intellectually, compared to average intellectual performance for
that individual's actual chronological age (i.e. time elapsed since
birth).
Chronological age

• Chronological age is a measure of an


individual's age based on the calendar date on which
he or she was born
What is IQ?
• Lewis Terman revised Simon and Binet’s test and published a
version known as the Stanford-Binet Test in 1916.
• You can self-administer the test from
https://stanfordbinettest.com/

• Performance was described as an intelligence quotient (IQ)


which was imply the ratio of mental age to chronological age
multiplied by 100:

• IQ=MA/CA x 100
Emotional Intelligence

• EQ (Emotional Intelligence): Some psychologists


broaden the concept of intelligence even further
beyond the intellectual realm to include emotions.
(EQ)
• Emotional intelligence is the set of skills that
underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation,
expression, and regulation of emotions.
Emotional intelligence

• Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand


their own emotions, the emotions of others, and to
act appropriately using these emotions.
• Emotional intelligence never stops growing.
Because we are always evolving as people, EQ is
something that must be nurtured.
1. Self Awareness:

• Recognize internal feelings


• Recognize how someone is feeling, without them
having to say anything.

• Using your gut feeling to guide decisions.


2. Managing emotions

• Finding ways to handle emotions that are


appropriate to the situations
3. Motivation

• Using self control to channel emotions towards a


goal
4. Empathy

• Understanding the emotional perspective of other


person
5. Handling Relationships

• Using personal information and information of


others to handle social relationships and to develop
interpersonal skills
IQ vs EQ
IQ vs EQ

IQ
• Measure of anindividual’s personal
information bank
• Memory, vocabulary and visual motor
skills
• IQ is set and peaks at age 17
• Remains constant through adulthood
EQ
Not fixed
Can be improved throughout life

IQ
Established by mid-teens
Can’t increase
Predicts only 10% – 20% of life success
• 90% of the success of outstanding leaders is
attributable to emotional intelligence (EQ), which
is twice as important than intellectual intelligence
(IQ).
Components of Emotional quotient

• Intrapersonal – Self-regard, emotional self


awareness, independence, self-actualization.
• Interpersonal- Empathy, Social responsibility and
interpersonal relationships
• Adaptability- reality testing, flexibility, problem
solving
• Stress management- stress tolerance, impulse
control
• General mood- optimism, happiness
Characteristics of emotionally
intelligent people
❖ Knowing one’s feelings
❖ Managing emotions & feelings appropriately
❖ Able to motivate self
❖ Ability to persist in face of frustrations
❖ Ability to control impulses & delay gratification
❖ Ability to empathize with others
❖ Capacity to HOPE
❖ Social competencies
How to increase EQ

❖ Conduct a “personal inventory.”


❖ Analyze the setting & identify skills needed.
❖ Enlist trusted friends.
❖ Focus on a few competencies.
❖ Practice, practice, practice.
❖ Be observant and reflective.
❖ Don’t expect immediate results.
❖ Learn from your mistakes.
❖ Acknowledge your successes.
EQ values

❖ Creativity
❖ Stress Management
❖ Decision Making
❖ Relationship Building
❖ Can be enhanced
❖ What else is important to you?
Or
Are
you on
Are the
you happy
on side?
this
side?
How to develop a higher sense of
emotional intelligence
Become emotionally literate; Label your feelings,
rather than labeling people or situations. ( Say “I
feel” instead of “I know”)
Distinguish between thoughts and feelings.
Take more responsibility for your feelings.
Use your feelings to help make decisions
Use feelings to set and achieve goals
6. Feel energized, not angry.
7. Validate other people's feelings.
8. Use feelings to help show respect for others.
9. Don't advise, command, control, criticize, judge
or lecture to others.
10. Avoid people who invalidate you.
Some IQ Test Questions

1.Water lilies double in area every 24 hours. At


the beginning of the summer, there is one
water lily on a lake. It takes 60 days for the
lake to become covered with water lilies. On
what day is the lake half-covered?

2.A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 break


through a hole in the fence and wander away.
How many are left?
Rubrics

1.On day 59. Remember, it doubles every day.


2.Nine sheep. It is just a matter of careful
reading.
Thank you

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