Quiz – Empathy Gone Wrong

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

Who documented the dark side of emotional intelligence?

Stephane Cote

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Daniel Goleman

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Marc Brackett

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Peter Salovey

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Question 2 of 6

2. Question

What is emotional over-reading?

Projecting your interpretations onto others as if they were facts

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Ignoring all emotions

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Reading data spreadsheets

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Suppressing your own feelings

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Question 3 of 6

3. Question

How does confirmation bias distort your emotional reads?

You filter every signal to confirm your existing story

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You question your assumptions

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You gather objective data

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You stay perfectly neutral

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Question 4 of 6

4. Question

What keeps EI ethical rather than manipulative?

Checking your motives and choosing connection over leverage

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Reading people faster

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Hiding your intentions

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Winning at any cost

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Question 5 of 6

5. Question

Match each concept to its description.

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Treating interpretations as facts
Filtering signals to fit your story
Using emotion reading for control

Emotional over-reading

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Confirmation bias

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The dark side of EI

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Question 6 of 6

6. Question

Match each example to the misuse of EI it illustrates.

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Exploiting emotion instead of offering support
Using a read to close, not to connect
Confirmation bias amplifying a false read

Steering an agenda using a colleague’s anxiety

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Pressuring a hesitant client to close

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Filtering signals to prove someone is fragile

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