Practical and Emotional Intelligence
Practical intelligence is an idea that has been considered by many psychologists over the years, yet only after rigorous examination and testing of the four criteria for a new intelligence can we declare if it is a new kind of intelligence. People seem to acknowledge a form of practical intelligence in their implicit theories of intelligence; "Street smarts" is a common conception separate from "Book smarts" to the average American (Feldman, 2013, p. 385)
According Feldman (2013) emotional intelligence consists of three elements, empathy, and self-regulation of mood, and self-presentation; positive and negative affective traits, and practical intelligence have been related to a major facet of work success and job interview performance. Feldman (2013) further indicates emotional intelligence measures of general while practical intelligence has been related to interview outcomes, however, the orthogonal of IQ a long with major emotion variables debate for the rare impacts of emotional intelligence and attribute affects to interview success. In short, emotional intelligence is seen as book-smarts and practical intelligence is seen as common sense; when entering the work world both have a place within it.
An example of one using emotional intelligence would the TV character Dr. Temperance Brennan on the program Bones; she is a forensic anthropologist that has a lot of book smarts and is very intelligent ("Bones (tv Series)", 2013). Dr. Brennan can look at human bones and tell you if it is male or female, their race, and their age; whereas her partner Special Agent Seeley Booth is an FBI agent and uses practical intelligence, viewed as common sense by most. Agent Seeley looks at a situation differently than Dr. Brennan. Seeley learns by observing others, practical intelligence is learned mainly through observation of others behavior (Feldman, 2013).
Both Practical and Emotional