Social intelligence is the ability to understand social situations and behave effectively within them. It can be treated as a form of intelligence alongside other intelligence models. Social intelligence goes beyond emotional intelligence by covering how people read social cues, interpret others’ behavior, and act effectively across many contexts. Socially intelligent individuals recognize social situations, understand social norms, and notice how their behavior affects others. A model of social intelligence includes three social skills: social expressiveness for speaking clearly and engaging others; social sensitivity for reading situations and understanding norms; and social control for tactful, confident role-playing in social settings, linked to savoir-faire.
"Social intelligence is the ability to understand social situations and behave effectively within them. We can view social intelligence as a subset of the broad domain of intelligence, or as Howard Gardner (1983) and other intelligence researchers (e.g., Guilford, 1967) suggest, it is one of the multiple forms of intelligence. While emotional intelligence focuses on understanding and managing emotions in human interactions, it is only a portion of the larger construct of social intelligence."
"Socially-intelligent individuals are able to read social situations, view and interpret others' social behavior, and perform effectively in a wide variety of contexts. Our model of social intelligence suggests three, complex social skills: Social Expressiveness, Social Sensitivity, and Social Control."
"Social Expressiveness: the ability to speak clearly and effectively and engage others in social interaction. Social Sensitivity: skill in "reading" social situations, understanding common social norms, and being aware of how one's behavior is affecting others. Social Control: a sophisticated social role-playing skill that is related to be tactful and confident in social situations."
"Coupled with social expressiveness, this aspect of social intelligence has been labeled "savoir-faire," which translates to "knowing how to be" in social relationships (Riggio, et al., 2020)."
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