ABSTRACT

This.paper. sets.out. the. theoretical. foundation.of.EI.accounting,. following. the.principle.of.the.dynamic.unity.of.the.“external”.and.the.“internal”.in.a. multilevel.psychic.determination.of.human.activity..This.principle.has.been. guiding.the.research.of.Russian.and.Ukrainian.psychologists.since.the.Soviet. era..In.this.regard,.EI.is.conceptualized.as.the.unity.of.its.dispositional.component,. including.ontological. (essential).and.phenomenological. (gained.with. experience).personality.characteristics,.with.a perceptually appraised component,.manifested.as.the.characteristics.of.behavioral.acts.and.the.emotions. accompanying. them,.which. reflect.different. types.of. conscious. regulation. of. behavior. and. the. level. of. EI. attained. by. the. individual.. Operationalizing. EI. can. be. based. on. singling. out. different. types. of. behavioral. acts:. (a).

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