An influence of emotional intelligence and social intelligence on the formation of social competence

Психология и социология/12. Социальная психология

PhD in Psychology Miloslavskaya E. V

Kharkiv humanitarian university "People ukrainian academy" , Ukraine

An influence of emotional intelligence and social intelligence on the formation of social competence

The mobile changes in different areas of human's vital activity provoke the crisis of the orientations of a person and new requests to the social competence. Social competence is a concept which has historical limits and is a key to successful activity of a person in the social circumstances that are changing. The main functions of social competence - social orientation, adaptation, integration of the social and private experience.

Locial competence refers to the social, emotional, and cognitive skills and behaviors people need for successful social adaptation. Despite this simple definition, social competence is an elusive concept, because the skills and behaviors required for healthy social development vary with the age of a person and with the demands of particular situations. A person's social competence depends upon a number of factors including the person's social skills, social awareness, and self-confidence. The term social skills describes the person's knowledge of and ability to use a variety of social behavior that are appropriate to a given interpersonal situation and that are pleasing to others in each situation. The capacity to inhibit egocentric, impulsive, or negative social behavior is also a reflection of a person's social skills. The term emotional intelligence refers to the person's ability to understand the emotions of others, perceive subtle social cues, "read" complex social situations, and demonstrate insight about others motivations and goals. People who have a wide repertoire of social skills and who are socially aware and perceptive are likely to be socially competent. Social competence is broader term used to describe a person's social effectiveness. It defines a person's ability to establish and maintain high quality and mutually satisfying relationships and to avoid negative treatment or victimization from others.

Analyzing concepts such as emotional intelligence and social intelligence should be say on the social perception. Social perception is the specific process we use to make sense out of individual behavior. It involves inferring motives for behavior and attributing causes for behavior. Social perception is more focused and specific process than the more general social cognition process. Social perception and cognition are central to how we interpret situations and affect our social behavior. Each of us actively constants a version of social reality based on the interruption we receive. Each person views the some situation differently based on his or her own prior experience, personality and expectations. Social perception is an active process. We actively construct a version of social reality.

Emotional intelligence is the innate potential to feel, use, communicate, recognize, remember, learn from, manage and understand emotion. This is a definition of June 1, 2005. It is based on the academic work of the leading researchers in emotional intelligence, J. Mayer and P. Salovey. Each person is born with a certain, unique potential for emotional sensitivity, emotional memory, emotional processing and emotional learning ability. It is these four components which form the core one's emotional intelligence.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to feel good about doing whatever you are told, ordered, forced, convinced, or expected to do. It is the ability to keep doing it regardless of the level of stress or pressure you are put in. It is the ability to find ways to cope with your stress and thus keep doing it, regardless of’your actual true desire to do it. In other words, it is the ability to keep doing it despite all your negative feelings, even feelings which may be coming from your conscience. It is, therefore, the ability to go against your emotional pain or discomfort.

It is the ability to not listen to your conscience or your own inner voice, but to listen instead to external voices tell you to study, achieve, buy, sell, etc. In emotionally intelligent leader then, is one who can persuade others to do the same thing and to make them feel good about it and want to wake up in the morning and keep doing it.

In 1985 W. L. Payne, wrote a doctoral dissertation which included the form "emotional intelligence" in the title. This seems to be the first academic use of the term "emotional competence"

Publications began appearing in the twentieth century with the work of E. Thorndike on social intelligence in 1920. Many of these early studies focused on describing, defining and assessing socially competent behavior (Chapin, 1942; Doill, 1935; Thorndike, 1920)

The early definitions of social intelligence influenced the way emotional intelligence was later conceptualized. Contemporary theorists like P. Salovey and J. Mayer originally viewed emotional intelligence, which suggest that both concept are related and may, in all likely rood, represent interrelated components of the some construct.

The literature reveals various attempts to combine the emotional and social components of this construct. For example, H. Gardner (1983) explains that this conceptualization of personal intelligence is based intrapersonal (emotional) intelligence and interpersonal (social) intelligence.

In defining social intelligence we're talking about a general category: the human capacity to understand what happening in the world and responding to that understands in a personally and socially effective manner. What the scientists are flying to do in defining social intelligence is get at a quality in human beings which makes them capable of awareness and understanding in the broadest possible terms. Not mere financial or academic or interpersonal success but understanding which makes it possible to make their lives worth while and in making their society better during their lifetime and complete. Social intelligence is in the tradition of wisdom, not the more current idea of "smartness". By defining social intelligence, the scientists want to create a new model her human behavior and a new way of viewing reality.

The definition of social intelligence has to include such a person as Socrates, a man who ended his life as a condemned criminal but who actives timeless success through passing on his understanding of what intelligence is- the recognition of one's own ignorance and faithful dedication to one's principles.

Often referred to as people skills, social intelligence (SI) is the ability to relate to, understand and interact effectively with others. But renewed focus and application is increasingly establishing SI as one of the important ingredients for succeeding in life. The Science of Success by K. Albrecht, is the most thoughtful exploration to date of SI, building further interest, understanding and application of this importance principle in our culture, business and education. K. Albrecht defines SI as the ability to get along well with others while winning their cooperation. He outlines SI as a combination of sensitivity to the needs and interests of others, sometimes called "social radar," an attitude of generosity and consideration and a set of practical skills for interacting successfully with people in any setting.

Social intelligence provides a highly accessible and comprehensive model for describing, assessing and developing social intelligence at a personal level. . "More people have lost jobs, friends, marriages and mates as a result of poor interpersonal skills than for all other reasons combined," says K. Albrepht in ''Forbes'': "The simple fact is that people who have a highly developed sense of social intelligence have more friends, better relationships, more successful careers and happier lives than those who lack those skills." The author breaks down many of the traditional definitions that have limited the understanding of SI as a broader concept, and have led many people to settle for clichés instead of seeking a more robust operational model.

Accordingly:

1. Emotional intelligence can be viewed as the ability to control their emotions, to recognize emotions of others, to verbalize their emotional states.

2. Social intelligence develops a more comprehensive model of human effectiveness which can serve as a mental platform for understanding social situations, contexts in which interactions take place, or designing a response to unique situations.

3. Social competence is the condition of possessing the social, emotional, and intellectual skills and behaviors needed to succeed as a member of society.

4.Emotional intelligence and social intelligence are important psychological characteristics and factors of the influence on the formation of social competence.

Literature:

1. Goleman D. Emotional intelligence/ D. Goleman.– New York.: Bantam Books, 2008.– 352p.

2. Mayer J.D. The intelligence of emotional intelligence/ J.D. Mayer, P. Salovey // Intelligence.– 1993.– V. 17.– P. 433–442.

3. Thorndike R.L. An evaluation of the attemps to measure social intelligence/ R.L.Thorndike, S. Stein //Psychological Bulletin.– 1937.– № 34.– P. 275–285.