Abstract

CARNEIRO, Eliane Gerk. Four models of social intelligence study: preliminary results of Brazilian researches. Temas psicol. [online]. 2000, vol.8, n.3, pp. 323-341. ISSN 1413-389X.

The present study approaches to the definition and evaluation of social intelligence according to the theories of the Psychology of Intelligence. Results of the researches on the social intelligence stemming from the four presented theoretical approaches are described. First, the Social Insight Test by Chapin (a psychometric approach) was selected among the tests designed to evaluate the social intelligence. The preliminary study, carried out using the test, indicated that it should not be directly translated and applied to another culture. The second study (a psychogenetic approach), observed the interrelationship between the thought structures and social development. Observations confirmed the interdependence between the social and cognitive developmental aspects of the intelligence development. The third research was based on the Multiple Intelligences Theory of Gardner. An instrumental scale was used, built up with the purpose of behavior evaluation concerning interpersonal intelligence. Finally, the implicit theories approach was used to identify concepts of the intelligence and social intelligence of health, educational, and social services professionals. As a general conclusion, we may emphasize the importance to construct the "social intelligence" as well as the possibility to integrate the different models

Keywords : social intelligence; social insight; interpersonal.

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