Skills

Human beings are sociable creatures and we have developed many ways to communicate our messages, thoughts and feelings with others. Social skills are the skills we use everyday to interact and communicate with others. They include verbal and non-verbal communication, such as speech, gesture, facial expression and body language.

• Social skills are goal-directed.
• Social skills should be appropriate to the situation of communication.
• Social skills can be taught, practiced and learned.
• Procrastination on assignments
• Social skills should be under the cognitive control of the individual - learning them involves learning when to use particular behaviors, as well as what behaviors to use, or how to use them.