WhileIQ(IntelligenceQuotient)tellsyouhowsmartyouare.EQ(EmotionalQuotient)tellsyouhowwellyouuseyoursmartness.ProfessorSaloverythepsychologistwhocreatedthetermEQsaysthatitisIQthatgetsyouhiredbutitisEQthatgetsyoupromoted.
Supportedbyhisresearchhesuggestedthatwhenpredictingfuturesuccessesaperson’sbrainpowerasmeasuredbyIQtestsmightactuallymatterlessthanaperson’scharacterorEQ.ProfessorSaloverymaybecorrect.Forexamplehaveyoueverwonderedwhysomeofthebestandsmarteststudentsinyourclassendupfailingexams?PerhapsitisbecauseoftheirEQ.PeopleoftenmakethemistakeofthinkingthatEQistheoppositeofIQ.Itisnot.AlthoughitishopedthatpeoplehavebothhighEQsandIQsthereislittledoubtthatthosewithlowEQshaveahardtimesurvivinginlife.
Foralongtimeresearchersdiscussedifaperson’sIQcouldberaised.Thegeneticistssaidnowhilethesocialscientistssaidyes.Furthermorethesocialscientistssaidthatitwaspossibletoimproveaperson’sEQparticularlyintermsof“peopleskills”suchasunderstandingandcommunication.
Recentlyaprofessorreleasedthefindingsofastudyonseniorhighschoolstudents.Whensomenormalstudentswereintroducedtosomedisabledstudentstheyfoundthatafterwardstheyweremorewillingtohelppeopleindifficulties.Atthesametimetherewasamarkedchangeinthedisabledstudents’attitudes.Theybecamemorepositiveabouttheirdisabilitiesandweremoreeagertotrynewthings.PeoplewithhighEQsoftenhavepositiveattitudestowardslifeandareopentodifferentideassotheytendtobemorecreativeintheirthinking.PleaserememberthathavingahighIQishelpfulbuthavingahighEQmightevenbemorehelpful.
1.AccordingtoProfessorSaloverywhatfactormattersthemostinpredictingwhetherapersonwillbesuccessfulornot?
A.Howapersontestshis/herbrainpower.
B.Aperson’scharacter.
C.Howsmartapersonis.
D.Aperson’sIQ.
2.Thesecondparagraphtellsusthat__________.
A.peoplewhohaveahighIQalwayshaveahighEQ
B.EQistheoppositeofIQ
C.peoplewhohavealowEQtendtohaveahardlife
D.peoplewhohaveahighEQalwayshavea
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