Student Presenter(s): Jawaad Nasim, David Harvey, Fatima Khalfan, and Maxine Sanguinetti
Faculty Mentor: Nicole Calma-Rodin
School/College: Arts and Sciences, Old Westbury

In the current study, we plan to investigate the phenomenon of perceived versus actual emotional intelligence (EI). Since previous research on other variables implies that individuals tend to rate their abilities higher than their actual ability (Brackett et al., 2006), we believe that our research will fall in line with these findings. Our group postulates that college students tend to overestimate their levels of EI. We will administer the Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SREIT; Schutte et al., 1998), which is a 33-item questionnaire, along with a 1-item Likert-scale question to determine the participants’ actual and perceived EI, respectively. We believe that our findings can contribute to the general discussion of perceived versus actual ability, along with the investigation of emotional intelligence.