How Does the MSCEIT Assess the Respondents' Ability to Use

question 14

Multiple Choice

How does the MSCEIT assess the respondents' ability to use emotions to facilitate thought?

• A) Respondents are asked to describe feelings using pictures and drawings.
• B) Respondents are asked to describe feelings suggested by artistic designs.
• C) Respondents are asked to describe feelings arising in other people.
• D) Respondents are asked to describe feelings using non-feeling words.

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Definitions:

Ego Integrity

A sense of wholeness and fulfillment that Erikson described as the final developmental task in his theory, achieved in late adulthood.

Despair

A feeling of utter hopelessness, typically one of the later stages in Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, occurring in old age.

Erikson

A psychologist who developed the theory of psychosocial development across eight stages throughout life.

Foreclosure Status

A term in identity formation referring to a commitment made without exploring alternatives.