QUESTION 4
GS4
10 marks
What is 'emotional intelligence' and how can it be developed in people? How does it help an individual in taking ethical decisions?
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Define emotional intelligence, say how to develop it and how it aids ethical decision-making.
What; How; How does it helpAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Definition and components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills≈30 words
- 2Development: reflection and journaling, feedback, mindfulness, role-play, mentoring≈30 words
- 3Ethical decisions: controls anger and bias, empathy for those affected, resists pressure, handles conflict calmly≈30 words
- 4Example: handling an agitated crowd or a grieving family fairly≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
DefinitionFive componentsDevelopment methodsLink to ethics with example
Where marks usually go
- Only defining EI without the 'how to develop' part
- Not linking EI to ethics
Draw this
- Five-component wheel with an ethics outcome for each
Value addition
- ThinkerDaniel Goleman's 'Emotional Intelligence' (1995) set out the five-component model.Daniel Goleman, 1995
- ThinkerAristotle: anyone can become angry, but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time is not easy.Nicomachean Ethics
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 9 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Vidushi Singh · AIR 13 · Page 15 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 19 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- A R Rajah · Page 9 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
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