1. Assessing the construct validity of emotional intelligence using evolutionary psychology.
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Eisenberg, Ethan, Lombard, Julia, and Geher, Glenn
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EVOLUTIONARY psychology , *EMOTIONAL intelligence , *TEST validity , *BIOLOGICAL fitness , *ANIMAL sexual behavior - Abstract
The current theoretical paper uses an evolutionary psychological perspective to provide criterion validity suggestions for assessing emotional intelligence (EI). We primarily suggest that valid measures of EI should be positively correlated with measures of cooperative behavior and reproductive success. That said, we make the distinction between reproductive success and mating success, establishing indices of the latter as proxies to measure the former in a post-contraceptive society. We also make the distinction between content of EI and outcomes of EI: In our view, cooperative behavior, such as altruism, as well as mating success and mating intelligence should be viewed as outcomes and not facets of EI, evolutionarily and psychometrically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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