1. BY ARYAN TAK (21BCAN308)
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
SOCIAL
AWARENESS
2. OBJECTIVES
Participants will gain knowledge
in the following areas:
• What is Social Awareness?
• Why is Social Awareness
Important?
• What are the Types of Social
Awareness Skills?
• How can a person improve
their social awareness skills?
3. What is Social
Awareness?
It's a person's ability to
consider the perspectives of
other individuals, groups, or
communities, and apply that
understanding to
interactions with them.
4. Why is Social
Awareness
Important?
It helps you to build
stronger relationships
and friendships
It boost social and
emotional wellbeing
It helps person to
increase their level of
empathy
Misunderstandings
are less likely to occur
Embarrassing
situations can be
avoided
Ability to understand
other person’s
intention and act
appropriately
5. Types of Social Awareness
Emotional self-awareness:
Being emotionally aware is the
skill behind understanding
what one is feeling and
appreciating how different
moods can impact those
around us.
Self-regulation: Self-
regulation is the art of
controlling the response to
emotions - anticipating
outcomes in an effort to avoid
being emotionally reactive in
personal and social situations.
Motivation: Motivation
involves understanding how to
use emotional factors to learn
and achieve personal goals.
Empathy: Empathy is the skill
of considering the emotions
and circumstances of
other individuals.
6. Types of Social Awareness
Respect: Respect is best defined as
having a regard for another person
or group's experiences, emotions,
wishes, or rights.
Kindness: Kindness is the idea of
being friendly and considerate to
other people and is especially
important even if you don't
share their views or standpoint.
Listening Actively: Active
listening is the skill of truly being
seen to listen - paying
attention and taking time to
understand what is being said.
Cooperation: Cooperation is an
important part of finding a
resolution or a way of working
with other individuals or groups.
It often involves compromise -
but helps to achieve shared
goals.
7. Seven Ways to Improve Social Awareness
1. Give Importance to Listening- Good listeners never judge the situation before
they know the reality. They focus on listening and analyzing. They focus on what
is being said and then look for emotions to improve your social awareness.
2. Make it a Practice to Repeat what is said- Repeat what has been said by speaker
to also gain clarification on areas that may have been missed or misunderstood.
3. Pay attention to your tone- The way something is said can have very different
meanings if said in different tones. Also, it is important to know the energy of
the tone. It is important to understand what is being said.
8. Seven Ways to Improve Social Awareness
4. Keep an Eye on the Body Language- a person's body language and
expressions can tell you how they feel.
5. Place Yourself in Other’s Shoes- Empathy and compassion help you to
understand other perspectives. Being compassionate is vital for healthy
relationships. Additionally, it helps communication and problem solving too.
Moreover, it helps broaden your horizons and view situations in a different
light.
6. Identify Your Own Emotions- It can be difficult to understand others if
we can't label and understand our emotions. The best way to identify your
emotions is to talk to someone. Sharing your feelings will help you get
feedback.
7. Reflect Back- It is also important to let the person know how you feel
when they share something. This helps you totally understand a person.
Similarly, your feedback also makes the other person happy.
