14 Intelligent Behaviors Using all the senses

- Using the senses of feeling, seeing,

hearing, or even tasting and
Persistence
smelling, in order to solve problems
- It means NOT giving up when the
more efficiently and effectively.
answer to a problem is not
immediately known.
Creativity
- Applying ingenuity, originality and
Overcoming impulsiveness
insight in order to generate unique,
- Involves planning, clarifying goals,
clever and useful products, solutions
exploring alternative strategies, and
or techniques.
considering consequences one begins
a task.
Living with a sense of wonderment
- Having inquisitiveness, curiosity and
Listening to others
openness to both complexity and
- Some cognitive psychologists believe
simplicity, and beauty.
that the ability to listen to another
people and understand their point of
Cooperation
view is one of the highest forms of
- Taking advantage of knowledge and
intelligent behavior.
insights from social relationships.
Flexibility in thinking
Sense of humor
- When one considers other points of
- Ability to look at situations,
view rather than running with the
opportunities, problems, and
first thought that comes to mind.
relationships with nonchalance and
fun.
Metacognition
- Refers to the awareness of how one is
thinking or the knowledge of what is The Social Self
going on in one's head. Relating Properly and Harmoniously
with Everyone
Checking for accuracy and precision
- The behaviour of not letting speed Social Psychology
surpass the desire for craftsmanship.  Study of individuals as they interact
with others. (Lahey, 2007)
Questioning and problem-posing  Study of how thoughts, feelings,
- Asking questions and finding out perceptions, and behaviors are
problem for oneself. influenced by the presence of, or
interactions with, others. (Plotnik &
Applying past knowledge to new Kouyoumdjian, 2014)
situations  Study of the effect of social factors on
- Calling upon one's knowledge and individual behavior, attitudes,
experience as source of data, perceptions, and motives. (Gerrig &
theories, or processes to solve new Zimbardo, 2002)
challenges.
Social Psychology
Precision of language and thought - basically is about understanding
- A person with this behavior uses individual behavior in a social
descriptive terms to distinguish context, particularly in terms of
objects and provide criteria for value interactions and relationships.
judgments.
Interaction vs Relationship exchange of greetings, they shared with
Interaction: mutual & reciprocal exchange each other many things about their
jobs, families, and what keeps them
of communication or action between two or busy. Thirty minutes later, they were
more persons or groups. served by the bank and each went their
Relationship: a particular way by which separate ways. – INTERACTION
two or more individuals, groups, or even
countries, talk to, behave toward, or deal Person Perception
with each other. There exist a connection, - In psychology, this refers to forming
kinship, or attachment attributable to impressions and making judgments
several factors such as common interests about another person’s likability
and goals, which lead to a mutual bond after your first meeting; formed with
bias based on past experiences and
 In an afternoon workshop session of a with little conscious thought.
twoday seminar, six students from
different schools who met one another Social Norms
only during this activity were asked to
discuss and exchange views about the - spoken and unspoken rules on how
topic “effective student leadership.” to behave in a particular social group
They elected a leader to steer the or culture.
discussion. – INTERACTION - Norms provide order in society. It is
 Three schools entered into an
agreement as “sister-schools” for five difficult to see how human society
years. These schools agreed that they could operate without social norms.
will share library facilities, science labs, Human beings need norms to guide
computer labs, and instructional and direct their behavior, to provide
materials for the use of their students—
all for the goal of improving their order and predictability in social
students’ performance. – relationships and to make sense of
RELATIONSHIP and understanding of each other’s
 Four students were seated in the actions.
bleachers watching a basketball game.
While the game was going on, they
discussed with one another the Social Facilitation vs. Social Loafing
strategies of the most valuable player. - In social situations where people
After the game, they went home. – work and do things together for a
INTERACTION
 A group of medical doctors are single purpose or goal, two things
members of an organization. Every end may transpire: (a) social facilitation
of the month, they come together to or (b) social loafing.
report what they have accomplished in
their assigned projects. They also
present the problems they encountered Social Facilitation
while doing the projects. Other - occurs when the performance of each
members of the group would help by individual member of the group is
giving suggestions or possible solutions enhanced in value or quality; made
to their problems. – RELATIONSHIP
 The alumni of CCA, Computer Science better.
Class of 2023, come together to attend
the annual grand reunion every Social Loafing
December. They have become a closely- - a phenomenon where individuals
knit group, such that even outside of the
December grand reunion, they meet, tend to become less motivated and
plan, and implement projects for their expend less effort when working
school. On certain occasions, they get collectively compared to when
together in parties where thy sing, working alone.
dance, and exchange stories. –
RELATIONSHIP
 There is a long line of people waiting to Conformity
be served by the bank. Two persons who - Yielding to group pressure to act as
were classmates many years ago everyone does, even when no direct
recognized and greeted each other: “Are
you Bō? We were classmates 20 years request has been made.
ago in high school.” Bō answered, “Yes,
I am. OMG, are you Cål?” After the first
Factors that effect conformity
 Size of the group: the more people
are in a group, the more likely a
member tends to conform.
 Unanimous groups: conformity is
highest when an individual faces a
group in which all members feel the
same way about a topic, a problem,
or an issue.
 Culture: conformity occurs in all
cultures, however, some cultures
emphasize the welfare of an
individual; thus, people are less
conforming. Others focus on
collective welfare so people tend to
be more conforming. A high degree
of conformity leads to faster
accomplishments of a task or work.
 Gender: in the past, females were
more likely to conform than males,
but research has shown that it is no
longer the case.

Conformity . . .
 Conformity among members in
social groups is very high. However,
individuals are not always expected
to surrender to the pressure just to
conform.
 The decision to succumb to group
pressure should be based on
something that will not put you at a
position of disadvantage