Unravel the intricacies of social intelligence, a critical skill in today's interconnected world. Explore its profound impact on personal relationships, professional success, and overall well-being. Delve into the science behind it and learn how to harness its power for personal growth.
Social intelligence is an aggregated measure of self- and social-awareness, evolved social beliefs and attitudes, and a capacity and appetite to manage complex social change.
The original definition (by Edward Thorndike in 1920) is “the ability to understand and manage men and women and boys and girls, to act wisely in human relations”.
- Complex socialization such as politics, romance, family relationships, quarrels, collaboration, reciprocity, and altruism, (1) was a driving force in developing the size of human brains and (2) today provides our ability to use those large brains in complex social circumstances.[citation needed]
- This hypothesis claims that the demands of living together is what drives our need for intelligence.
People with low SQ are more suited to work with low customer contact, as well as in smaller groups or teams, or independently, because they may not have the required interpersonal communication and social skills for success with customers and other co-workers.
People with SQs over 120 are considered socially skilled, and may work exceptionally well with direct contact and communication with other people.
George Washington University Social Intelligence Test
Is one of the only ability measures available for assessing social intelligence and was created in June 1928 by Dr. Thelma Hunt
- The test is designed to assess various social abilities which consisted of observing human behavior, social situation judgement, name & face memory and theory of mind from facial expressions
- Social intelligence is closely related to cognition and emotional intelligence
- Research psychologists studying social cognition and social neuroscience have discovered many principles in which human social intelligence operates
- Recent theories indicate that one must consider the inner structure behavior
- Daniel Goleman has drawn on social neuroscience research to propose that social intelligence is made up of social awareness (including empathy, attunement, empathic accuracy, and social cognition) and social facility (including synchrony, self-presentation, influence, and concern)
- Educational researcher Raymond H. Hartjen asserts that expanded opportunities for social interaction enhances intelligence
