Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence

The Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence views emotional skills as a set of specific abilities. These include perceiving emotions accurately, using emotions to facilitate thinking, understanding emotional meanings, and managing emotions effectively in oneself and others. Essentially, it sees emotional intelligence as a set of skills that can be developed and improved through practice. This model emphasizes measuring how well someone can perform these tasks, similar to how we assess other cognitive abilities, highlighting that emotional intelligence is about actual abilities, not just personality traits or behaviors.