By Ruchika Sharma
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For a long period, the world gave much importance to Intelligence Quotient (IQ) instead of equal importance to IQ, EQ, and SQ. This attitude is a legacy of the early 20th century when psychologists devised tests to measure intelligence. These tests primarily measured intellectual or rational intelligence (used to solve logical problems). The higher the figure, the belief went, the greater the intelligence.
Dr. Kumar puts forwards his opinion that as a student and a learner these 3 are equally important and interlinked. Earlier IQ was considered more important. Social intelligence has been confused with socialites. Private and government organizations have been using these quotients to measure intellect and capabilities and used them in hiring appropriate human resources. Intelligence quotient and emotional quotient are combined to get Social intelligence as it denotes the empathy, sympathy, and social orientation of a person. Dr. Ravi Kumar pointed out that a big organization looks for people who have a certain fire within themselves even if they don’t possess the required knowledge in the respective field. If the person possesses an Emotional quotient and Social intelligence, he/she is selected at the spot as the knowledge can be instilled after training and orientation as well.
Intelligence quotient: is what people think and it is associated with the serial processing of the brain, also known as rational intelligence. Intelligence Quotient or IQ signifies mental potential and academic ability. It is calculated with the formula “ratio of mental age to chronological age times 100” to measure IQ. IQ was deeply ingrained within our academic assessment and hiring/ promotion systems for a long time. But it is now being tested as not being the only valid assessment measure.
Emotional intelligence (EQ): a person can have a good Intelligence quotient but lacks an EQ. EQ is the ability to understand one’s own and others’ emotions, and to use emotional information to guide thinking behavior, and interpersonal relationships.
The five key elements are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Unlike IQ which is deemed to be something you are born with, EQ can be acquired.
Social intelligence/quotient (SQ): it is how you behave. It is the capability to act wisely while maintaining human relations. Social intelligence is an extension or a superset of emotional intelligence. It is a broader concept than emotional intelligence. It is a person’s competence to understand the environment around and react appropriately for socially successful conduct.
Colonel Prasad enlightened us with the definition of Intelligence quotient has changed and it not only about verbal and non-verbal tests. Now it includes reading comprehension, mathematics, thinking ability, and cognitive. The second definition of Intelligence quotient involves logical mathematics, linguistics, musical, special tests, body kinematics, and intrapersonal relationships. He also pointed out that there are varieties of international tests that are very efficient unlike the test in India. The presence of the Intelligence quotient is not enough to go to the top and therefore here comes an emotional quotient into the picture. It is 'thinking' with the heart and the body and so is thought of as our 'emotional intelligence or the 'body's intelligence. The structures within the brain with which we do our associative thinking are known as neural networks. Each of these networks contains bundles of up to 100,000 neurons, and each neuron in a bundle may be connected to as many as 1,000 others.
On one hand, IQ involves visual and spatial processing, knowledge of the world, fluid reasoning, working memory, short-term memory, and quantitative reasoning, on the other hand, EQ comprises of identifying emotions, evaluating how others feel, controlling one’s own emotions, perceiving how others feel and using emotions to facilitate social communication relating to others. SQ denotes inner balance, peace, stability, and sensibility.
When it comes to the assessment of which intelligence is more important at workplace IQ or EQ, there have been a quite number of debates. IQ was viewed as the primary determinant of success but some critics began to realize that not only high intelligence no guarantee for success in life. The concept of EQ has had a stronger impact in a number of areas, including the business world as employees with high EQ are more likely to stay calm under pressure, know how to solve conflicts, and are empathetic to their team members.
There are different ways to measure intelligence. IQ can be measured by Raven’s Progressive Matrices, Cattell Culture Fair, and Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales. EQ, on the other hand, can be calculated through Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Tests (MSCEIT), Self-report Emotional Intelligence Test (SREIT), and Emotional and Social competence inventory (ESCI) (Boyatzis and Goleman). SQ is measured by only George Washington University Social Intelligence Test.
Ken O’Donnell advocates the integration of spiritual intelligence (SQ) with both rational intelligence (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ). IQ helps us to interact with numbers, formulas and things, EQ helps us to interact with people and SQ helps us to maintain inner balance.
