Social Competence
Definition
Social competence is the condition of possessing the social, emotional, and intellectual skills and behaviors needed to succeed as a member of society.
Description
Social competence refers to the social, emotional, and cognitive skills and behaviors that children 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 the child and with the demands of particular situations. A socially competent preschool child behaves differently from a socially competent adolescent. Conversely, the same behaviors (e.g., aggression,
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