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Social skills are skills a social animal uses to interact and communicate with others to assist status in the social structure and other motivations. Social rules and social relations are created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways creating social complexity useful in identifying outsiders and intelligent breeding partners. The process of learning these skills is called socialization. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Although the term social is a crucial category in social science and often used in public discourse, its meaning is often vague, suggesting that it is a fuzzy concept. ... A skill is an ability, usually learned and acquired through training, to perform actions which achieve a desired outcome. ... A social animal is a loosely defined term for an organism that is highly interactive with other members of its species to the point of having a recognizable and distinct society. ... -1... Social Communication is a field of study that mainly explores the ways information can be perceived, transmitted and understood, and the impact those ways will have on a society. ... See Social structure of the United States for an explanation of concepts exsistance within US society. ... It has been suggested that Base motive be merged into this article or section. ... In sociology a social rule refers to any social convention commonly adhered to in a society. ... Social relation can refer to a multitude of social interactions, regulated by social norms, between two or more people, with each having a social position and performing a social role. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... Social complexity is the approach to social phenomena that tries to analyze a social system as a complex system. ... Look up outsider in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Intelligence is a general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn. ... Breeding has several meanings related to procreation: In animal husbandry and in horticulture the selection of stock for propagation and the act of insemination by natural or artificial means is called breeding. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Examples

• Verbal communication
  • Small talk or conversation
  • Sharing jokes
  • Sharing and discussing ideas (politics, religion, sports, music, technology, internet, current events, fashion, and movies are all common topics.)
  • Teaching or learning
• Nonverbal communication
  • Active listening
  • Body language
• Both verbal and nonverbal
  • Conflict resolution
  • Intercultural relations

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Properties of polished social skills

• Basic
  • Verbal
    • Smoothness of delivery (lacks stuttering, awkward pauses, etc.)
    • Intelligible speech (not too loud or soft, avoiding monotone but not dropping off the end of sentences)
    • Using muscle words to help describe ideas in conversation.
    • Variable tone (avoidance of a monotonous tone)
    • Asking open ended questions
  • Non-verbal
    • Active listening
    • Confident stance (standing up straight but not at attention)
    • Relaxed manner (not too tense, not falling asleep)
    • Body language in sync with the verbal message
    • Leaning forward while talking
    • Open stance (not close hands)
    • Touching conversation partner (only where appropriate as this can be misinterpreted)
    • Smile (Not overdoing it)
    • Remembering and using names during the conversation

• Complex
  • Diplomacy is an important skill (disagreements will happen, how one handles them will show one's personality)
  • Ability to feign interest

• Other
  • Treating the conversation partner as their Best Friend

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Social ineptitude

Social ineptitude is a lack of social skills. A person who is considered to lack social skills is said to be socially inept. However, the use of the term social ineptitude is widely considered slightly disrespectful. People who have autistic spectrum disorders or pervasive developmental disorders such as autism and Asperger syndrome may have impaired social interaction, and are often described as socially inept. A belief in one's own social ineptitude, either real or imagined, is one of the diagnostic criteria for avoidant personality disorder. Additionally, the criteria for social ineptitude vary from culture to culture. Another word which can mean socially inept is shy, though a shy person can be aware and adhere to social conventions, just as those who are bold can often be socially incompetent. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Autism is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) and American Psychological Association as a developmental disability that results from a disorder of the human central nervous system. ... Asperger syndrome — also referred to as Aspergers syndrome, Aspergers disorder, Aspergers, or just AS — is a pervasive developmental disorder related to autism. ... Avoidant personality disorder (sometimes abbreviated APD or AvPD), or anxious personality disorder, is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation and avoiding social interaction. ...

Social ineptitude may also be simply a part of a person's character. Some believe that social ineptitude should be accommodated, not exterminated.

See also

• Aggression Replacement Training
• Anti-social
• Social anxiety
• Social behavior
• Social cognition
• Social reality
• Social space
• Introversion and extroversion
• Systems intelligence
• Intercultural competence
• Metacommunicative competence

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External links and references

• Some Facts Psychologists Know About… SOCIAL SKILLS
• Teaching Social Skills
• Encouraging Social Skills in Young Children
• Information on Social Skills for Male College Students
• National Association of School Psychologists on Social Skills
• Speech Therapy and Social Skills resources
• Stategies for teaching social skills to children