User:Fluffpups/Social intelligence

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Social intelligence is the capacity to know oneself and to know others. Social intelligence is learned and develops from experience with people and learning from success and failures in social settings. '''Social intelligence is the ability to understand your own and others actions.  It is also known as "tact" or "common sense", or "street smarts" '''. '''It is an important interpersonal skill that will help individuals succeed in all aspects of their lives. '''

Definitions
'''Neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey believes that it is social intelligence that defines who we are as humans. '''

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". It is thus equivalent to interpersonal intelligence, one of the types of intelligence identified in Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, and closely related to theory of mind. An updated definition coined by Nancy Cantor and John F. Kihlstrom in 1987 is “the individual's fund of knowledge about the social world."  More recently in 2006 Professor Eleni Andreou described social intelligence as being similar to "social skills and competence" 

'''Social intelligence and interpersonal intelligence were previously believed to be closely related, however, the two subjects diverged into two unique fields of study. ''' Initially, they shared some of the same vocabulary and methodology

Hypothesis
The social intelligence hypothesis states that social intelligence, that is, 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 or "executive brains"
 * (2) today provides our ability to use those large brains in complex social circumstances. 

The second key growth period in human brain size occurred between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, when the brain reached its modern size. While this growth is still not fully explained, Mithen believes that it is related to the evolution of language. Language may be the most complex cognitive task we undertake.[citation needed] Language is directly related to social intelligence because it is primarily used to mediate social relationships.

Measurement
Since low SQ individuals may not have skills necessary to communicate with customers and/or co-workers, they are most successful with minimal customer interaction, smaller groups, or independent work. People with SQs over 120 are considered socially skilled, and may work exceptionally well with jobs that involve direct contact and communication with other people.

Digital age
'''Social intelligence has declined in the digital age. Previously individuals would engage in conversations with people next to them in line or on the train but now they are often looking at their smartphones. Since social intelligence is learned and takes practice, experts are worried that the increase in digital communication will harm social intelligence skills.'''

Additional Views
Further, it is believed that intelligence is amplified by increased social interactions as declared by researcher Raymond H. Hartjen.