NOTES INTELLIGENCE

INTELLIGENCE

•      Intelligence is the capacity to learn and adjust to relatively new and changing conditions (WAGON1937)

•      It is the ability to adapt to ones’ surroundings (PIAGET1952)

•      It is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge.

Social Intelligence   an Introduction

•      Social intelligence, a term coined by E.L.Thorndike (1920).

•      Social intelligence is the capability to effectively navigate and negotiate complex social relationships and environments.

•      SI means an individual’s ability to understand and manage other people, and to engage in adaptive social interactions.

•      Social intelligence is closely related to Cognition and emotional intelligence. “Social intelligence in just general intelligence applied to social situations”.

•      A continues pattern of toxic behavior (people feel devalued, angry, frustrated, guilty) indicates a low level of social intelligence - the inability to connect with people and influence them effectively.

•      A continued pattern of nourishing behavior (people feel valued, respected, affirmed, encouraged) tends to make a person more effective in dealing with others; nourishing behaviors are the indictors of high social intelligence.

•      Our society puts a huge emphasis on “book smarts” and “IQ” but our ability to build successful relationships affects a much bigger part of our lives.

Meaning

•      Social Intelligence can be described as an individual’s proficiency at social skills and behaviors.

•      Ability to manage ourselves and our relationships effectively.

•      Social Intelligence (SI) is the ability to get along well with others.

•      SI is mostly influenced by environmental factors and is developed from past experiences with other people in the environment.

•      various social abilities consisted of:

Ø  Observation of human behavior

Ø  Recognition of the mental state of the speaker

Ø  Memory for names & faces

Ø  Judgment in social situations

Ø  Sense of humor

DEFINITION

•      "The ability to understand and manage men and women and girls, to act wisely in human relations”. (Edward Thorndike , 1920)

•      Moss and Hunt (1927) defined Social intelligence as the “ability to get along well with others”.

•      Social intelligence is a person’s competence to understand his or her environment optimally and react appropriately for socially successful conduct.   ( Sean Foleno)