Basics
What does emotional intelligence help you do with emotions?
Handle them in a smart and healthy way.
Name one place where emotional intelligence can be useful.
School
Friendships
Families
Jobs
Teams
What does self-awareness mean?
Knowing what you feel and why you feel it
What are two ways to show careful listening?
Give the person your undivided attention
Put away your phone
Avoid interrupting
Ask questions
Repeat the main idea back
Does emotional intelligence mean being perfect?
No. Everyone loses patience, feels confused, or makes poor choices sometimes.
What is emotional intelligence?
The ability to notice, understand, and manage your own feelings and notice and understand other people’s feelings.
How can emotional intelligence help a student during a hard assignment?
It can help the student stay calm and focus.
What is empathy?
Trying to understand what someone else may be going through
Name one action you can take to pause before reacting.
Take a few slow breaths
Count slowly
Get a drink of water
Take a short walk
Name two people you could talk with when you need help.
Trusted adult
Teacher
Therapist
Family member
Friend
Name two things a person with strong emotional intelligence can do when emotions arise.
Pause before reacting
Talk about feelings without hurting others
Listen
Solve problems
Ask for help
How can emotional intelligence help during a disagreement in a family?
It can help someone speak calmly, understand another person’s point of view, and find a fair solution.
How are self-awareness and self-management different?
Self-awareness is recognizing what you feel and why.
Self-management is handling emotions in a healthy way and thinking before acting.
What can help you understand an emotion more clearly?
Naming it with a specific word
What matters after you lose patience or make a poor choice?
Learning from the moment and trying again.
Why is it a good thing to pause before reacting?
It gives you a chance to choose how to respond instead of reacting immediately.
How can emotional intelligence support a friendship when a friend seems quiet or upset?
It can help someone listen, show care, and try to understand why the friend may be feeling that way.
Before responding to a difficult message, a person identifies their feelings, considers how their reply could affect others, and waits until they feel calmer. Which three parts of emotional intelligence are they using?
Self-awareness to identify their feelings
Responsible decision-making to consider effects on others
Self-management to wait until they are calmer
How can an “I” statement help when discussing a problem?
It lets you explain how you feel without attacking the other person, making it more likely they will listen.
Which part of emotional intelligence does empathy fall under?
Social awareness
Someone recognizes they are upset, explains their feelings without insulting anyone, and asks for support. Which parts of emotional intelligence are shown?
Notice and understand their feelings
Communicate respectfully
Ask for help
How might emotional intelligence help someone at a job?
They will be trusted with more responsibilities
They make strong leaders and coworkers
What are the five main parts of emotional intelligence?
Self-awareness
Self-management
Social awareness
Relationship skills
Responsible decision-making
A classmate acts in a way you do not understand. Before judging them, what approach could help you respond thoughtfully?
Consider what the classmate may be experiencing and remember their behavior may have a reason you do not know. Try to understand before choosing how to respond.
You feel upset during an argument and want to reply immediately. Name two steps that could help you respond more thoughtfully.
Pause before speaking
Take a few slow breaths, and decide whether replying will help
You might wait until you feel calmer