Social awareness, or empathy, is about being able to pick up on the emotions and motives of others, relating to them and understanding the world around you. It includes skills like primal empathy (being able to sense others’ feelings through nonverbal signals), attunement (listening with full receptivity; ‘tuning in’ with a person), empathic accuracy (understanding another person’s thoughts, feelings, and intentions) and social cognition (understanding how the social world works).
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First published on mindbodygreen on June 28, 2020.