The Social Quotient system also develops a measure of social intelligence by comparing the similarity of one student s social marks of others to the collected group assessment of each classmate. A large similarity indicates a student has a good understanding of the social dynamics in the class. While understanding interpersonal relationships could help an individual become more likable, the numbers show that it does not help much. Students have a better chance of becoming more likable by practicing the traits that correlation analysis shows are most important to social skills. Surprisingly, physical attractiveness and going along with the crowd were negative factors in a student s social popularity in 25 classrooms measured.
Desirable traits vary somewhat by gender.
For example, the greatest negative factor for males is long hair, while for females it is excess body fat. Different communities show some differences in desirable traits, but the overall patterns are similar. Hi and thanks for your communication. I am quite interested in the fact that likeability does not correlate particularly with interpersonal intelligence. This adds something to the current conversation about intelligence and its relation to other virtues.