WHAT IS SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE?

https://doi.org/10.52326/jss.utm.2022.5(3).04

UDC 316.6:159.9

Titu-Marius I. Băjenescu

Abstract. The article analyses a social problem with a major impact on the development of society, the macroeconomics, but also on each individual. The ability of some people to understand the behaviours, thoughts, and feelings of others and to interact effectively with them is called social intelligence. Also called interpersonal intelligence, it is closely related to emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is a person’s ability to understand and control their own emotions, as well as the ability to deal with those of others. Although complicated to measure, these two forms of intelligence are particularly useful in everyday life: family or friends, married life, professional life…

Keywords: social intelligence, emotional intelligence, social relations, reliable scientific knowledge, interaction of economy, culture and social structure, economy as a politically controllable apparatus, concept of “embeddedness”, anthropology, sociology, generalizable theory of social systems, statistical experiments, definitions and empirical statements, ethical aspects.

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