The Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) is an ability-based measure of emotional intelligence. The test was constructed by academics John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey, and David R. Caruso at Yale and the University of New Hampshire in cooperation with Multi-Health Systems Inc. The test measures emotional intelligence through a series of questions and tests the participant's ability to perceive, use, understand, and regulate emotions. Using questions based on everyday scenarios, the MSCEIT measures how well people respond to social tasks, read facial expressions, and solve emotional problems. The MSCEIT is used in corporate, educational, research, and therapeutic settings.[1] [2] [3]
MSCEIT measures four aspects of emotional intelligence:[4] [5] [6]
| Ability | Question types | How the ability may be used | Test section | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accurately identify emotions of people and symbolized by objects in pictures | Identify and read emotions in people, landscape and designs | "Read" people's mood for feedback | Faces, pictures | |
| Using emotions and solve problems with the emotion | Compare and match emotions to sensations such as color, light and temperature | Create the right feeling to assist in problem solving, communicate a vision, lead people | Facilitation, sensations | |
| Understand the causes of emotion | Multiple choice emotion vocabulary (scenario presented)questions | Be able to predict how people will emotionally react | Changes,Blends | |
| Being open to emotions and fuse emotions with thinking | Answer which emotional strategy would be best in social relationships as well as managing one's self. | Integrate emotion and thought to make effective decisions | Emotion management,Emotional relationships |