Question

While some have suggested that emotional intelligence is a concept that is distinct from other measures of cognitive skill, others have posited that emotional intelligence is nothing new, and is simply a measure of certain personality traits that have been studied for decades. This simplistic way of conceptualizing emotional intelligence is consistent with the critical thinking principle of:

Answer 1

Answer: Occam's Razor

Explanation: It is a scientific and philosophical principle that proposes that, among hypotheses formulated on the same evidence, it is more rational to believe in the simplest. In other words, given several explanations for a problem, the simplest one tends to be the correct one.

Occam's Razor is a methodological principle, not a law that tells what is true and what is not. That is, it does not suggest that the simplest explanations are always true and that the most complex should be refuted in any given situation.