Models presented in the discussion about Emotional Intelligence
 

Mixed Model of Emotional Intelligence

The mixed model includes, under the construct of emotional intelligence, a broad set of personality traits, leadership competencies, values, and human qualities that potentially correlate with the positive use of emotions.  This would include the work of Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., Reuven Bar-On, Ph.D. and Robert Cooper, Ph.D.

A goal of the proponents of the Mixed Model is to provide indicators of the types of traits, competencies, values and human qualities that lead to success in life.  This has lead to their conclusion that high emotional intelligence is directly correlated with success in the workplace, in relationships and in social interaction. 

Though the Mixed Model of Emotional Intelligence proponents and their claims of its predictive potentials have received vast public attention, critics of this approach have been vocal.  Concerns about the elasticity being used in defining emotions and intelligence, the use of self-report assessments to measure the construct, the high correlation between measures of the Mixed Model with other measures of personality, and the existence of reliable qualitative and quantitative research are recurring themes by those seeking to hold proponents of emotional intelligence accountable for their claims.

Ability-Based Model of Emotional Intelligence

The Ability-Based Model attempts to ground the construct of emotional intelligence within the boundaries of the definition of intelligence as posited by multiple intelligence theory; and, within the boundary of emotion-as-information theory.  It is about measuring an individual’s ability to cognitively process the information available through that person’s emotions and the ability to use emotions to facilitate cognitive processes.  This would include the work of John Mayer, Ph.D., Peter Salovey, Ph.D., and Peter Caruso, Ph.D.

The Ability-Based Model entails an objective assessment of an individual to:

	Perceive emotions in self and in others,
	Use emotions to facilitate thought in self and others,
	Understand emotions in self and others, and
	Manage emotions in self and others.

To date, research indicates, through the use of the Mayer, Salovey, Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), that emotional intelligence (as constructed in this model) is a separate intelligence (due to its low correlation with other measures of intelligence), does have low correlation with other measures of personality, and that some correlations can be made between emotional intelligence and real-life behaviors.