EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC INTELLIGENCE AS STRATEGY PREDICTORS IN THE IOWA GAMBLING TASK (IGT)

In this theoretical and empirical study, the roles of intelligence and emotional intelligence are considered in the multi-stage decision strategies in an uncertain situation, as modeled by the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). The hypotheses about the contribution of academic and emotional intelligence to the decision strategy regulation, involving prognostic activity, are verified. Two groups of participants were compared: 1) students and 2) corporate managers, a total 142 people (88 women and 54 men). Groups differed in age, but did not differ significantly in academic intelligence. Significant differences are established in several scales of emotional intelligence. The following methods were used: 1) A computerized version of the Iowa Gambling Task. 2) IQ tests: two subtests from the ICAR for measuring fluid intelligence and two subtests from the ROADS battery for measuring verbal intelligence. 3) D. Lusin's EmIn questionnaire. Correlation and regression analysis were used to process the data. Verbal intelligence is a significant positive predictor of strategic success for a greater number of strategy indicators in managers than in students, but not at the first stage of the task. For the first time, a positive role of fluid intelligence is established - following a greater outcome awareness towards the middle of the task. The emotional intelligence scales were also established as significant predictors, but to a greater degree among the managers. In general, based on the analysis of the decision effectiveness predictors at different stages of the strategic task, a greater integration of cognitive and emotional processes in the dynamic regulatory systems can be inferred for the managers.