<p>No. There is no correlation between IQ and social skills.</p>

<p>This means that some people have a high IQ and have 'good' social skills while other people have a high IQ but 'bad' social skills.</p>

<p>Likewise, some people have a low IQ and have 'good' social skills while others have a low IQ and 'bad' social skills.</p>

<p>IQ, or intelligence quotient, is calculated by completing a number of tasks (in areas such as mathematics, language, etc.) in a test-like situation and comparing the results with results obtained by 'everyone else.'</p>

<p>Social skills are usually measured by asking questions about the individual. "Does the person cooperate or conflict with others?" "Does the person tend to offend or please others?" "Does the person have many or few friends?" etc.</p>

<p>You can measure a person's 'emotional intelligence' but this is not covered in a standard IQ test.</p>

<p>These measurements, IQ and social skills, are not the same, and the information that psychometrists have collected over the years show that there is no link between IQ scores and social skills.</p>

<p>Also, try not to see an IQ score and actual intelligence as the same thing. Many psychologists and psychiatrists believe that an IQ score is not an accurate portrayal of person's actual intelligence, for a large number of reasons.</p>

<p>For more information and research about these topics, search for the following names:</p>

<ul>
<li>Howard Gardener - first man to propose the inaccuracy of IQ scores</li>
<li>Robert Sternberg - a prominent researcher in intelligence</li>
<li>David Wechsler - developed the most wisely-used IQ tests</li>
</ul>

<p><em>(I have a bachelor's degree in psychology, and I also passed this information by my supervisor, who has a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology. We perform psychological assessments every day.)</em></p>

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2015-04-17T14:53:54.773Z
I'm really surprised by this. IQ tends to correlate with pretty much everything. For social skills to be an exception is really... exceptional.
Ana
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2015-04-17T15:12:46.057Z
I downvoted this because it makes claims that are neither properly defined or sourced. What measure of IQ are you claiming does not correlate with what measure of social skills, and on what verifiable basis do you make that claim?
Christian Hummeluhr
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You're quite right - I haven't provided any references. I'll go and find some. (This is usually common knowledge among psychologists.)
Warwick
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2015-04-17T16:57:31.493Z
References *can* include standard textbooks - though I've found many people less likely to do their due diligence and find those exact references (author[s], publisher, page number, edition, etc).  I've upvoted your answer because you're correct - the disconnect between IQ score and actual ability in many dimensions *is usually* common knowledge to those in the domain.
BenCole
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2015-04-17T17:00:35.013Z
Aw, gee, thanks. But it is wise not to trust a degree these days.
Warwick
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I'll also add, for the rest of the group, an addendum to your answer: social skills largely revolve around empathy, practice, and innate or explicit understanding of social cues. Some of these aspects *require* a certain level of cognitive functioning to understand; some other aspects are best developed in a social group of approximately similar intelligence level. Lastly, for some people, across all intelligence levels, social skills are unimportant or of secondary concern - that is, some people don't care (or don't know enough to care) to develop social skills they feel they may not need.
BenCole
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2015-04-17T17:05:15.757Z
@Warwick - nope, it isn't wise to trust people who *say* they have a degree: the Internet is "The Great Equalizer".  And you'd better add that reference!  :P
BenCole
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2015-04-17T17:18:51.140Z
Actually, I think I'm going to go with Warwick's original here: it's wise not to trust a degree. Degrees confer the concrete ability to source one's claims with ease, they do not in any way eliminate the need to source one's claim.
Christian Hummeluhr
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2015-04-17T17:22:05.860Z
Hmm... semantics aside, I think we're at the same conclusion: don't trust other people's 'facts', demand their sources, and do your own due diligence to ensure truth/proper understanding.
BenCole
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2015-08-07T16:47:21.450Z
Poor Warwick! He get voted down because people don't like what he says.
user148298
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"There is no correlation between IQ and social skills.

This means that some people have a high IQ and have 'good' social skills while other people have a high IQ but 'bad' social skills." that means that the correlation is less than 1, not that it is 0.
Christopher King
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Warwick
<p>Are people with a high IQ more likely to have good social abilities? Are they more likely to be popular?</p>

<p>Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Social_correlations">lists</a> that IQ helps with school performance, job performance and income. It's possible to be good at those things without interacting much with other people.</p>

<p>Social skills being the ability to achieve goals such as winning friends, doing well in negotiations, being successful at romance and being good at networking.</p>

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2015-04-16T16:28:37.590Z
I could imagine that someone had studied the relationship between IQ and, say, number of Facebook friends, or some other conveniently measured social metric. Would that suffice?
Christian Hummeluhr
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Does high IQ correlate with good social skills?
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# Does high IQ correlate with good social skills?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-15)

Are people with a high IQ more likely to have good social abilities? Are they more likely to be popular?

Wikipedia [lists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Social_correlations) that IQ helps with school performance, job performance and income. It's possible to be good at those things without interacting much with other people.

Social skills being the ability to achieve goals such as winning friends, doing well in negotiations, being successful at romance and being good at networking.

**Tags:** intelligence, iq

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I could imagine that someone had studied the relationship between IQ and, say, number of Facebook friends, or some other conveniently measured social metric. Would that suffice?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-04-17. Score: -1

No. There is no correlation between IQ and social skills.

This means that some people have a high IQ and have 'good' social skills while other people have a high IQ but 'bad' social skills.

Likewise, some people have a low IQ and have 'good' social skills while others have a low IQ and 'bad' social skills.

IQ, or intelligence quotient, is calculated by completing a number of tasks (in areas such as mathematics, language, etc.) in a test-like situation and comparing the results with results obtained by 'everyone else.'

Social skills are usually measured by asking questions about the individual. "Does the person cooperate or conflict with others?" "Does the person tend to offend or please others?" "Does the person have many or few friends?" etc.

You can measure a person's 'emotional intelligence' but this is not covered in a standard IQ test.

These measurements, IQ and social skills, are not the same, and the information that psychometrists have collected over the years show that there is no link between IQ scores and social skills.

Also, try not to see an IQ score and actual intelligence as the same thing. Many psychologists and psychiatrists believe that an IQ score is not an accurate portrayal of person's actual intelligence, for a large number of reasons.

For more information and research about these topics, search for the following names:

* Howard Gardener - first man to propose the inaccuracy of IQ scores
* Robert Sternberg - a prominent researcher in intelligence
* David Wechsler - developed the most wisely-used IQ tests

*(I have a bachelor's degree in psychology, and I also passed this information by my supervisor, who has a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology. We perform psychological assessments every day.)*

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: I'm really surprised by this. IQ tends to correlate with pretty much everything. For social skills to be an exception is really... exceptional.  
> **username_1**: I downvoted this because it makes claims that are neither properly defined or sourced. What measure of IQ are you claiming does not correlate with what measure of social skills, and on what verifiable basis do you make that claim?  
> **username_2**: You're quite right - I haven't provided any references. I'll go and find some. (This is usually common knowledge among psychologists.)  
> **username_4**: References *can* include standard textbooks - though I've found many people less likely to do their due diligence and find those exact references (author[s], publisher, page number, edition, etc).  I've upvoted your answer because you're correct - the disconnect between IQ score and actual ability in many dimensions *is usually* common knowledge to those in the domain.  
> **username_2**: Aw, gee, thanks. But it is wise not to trust a degree these days.  
> **username_4**: I'll also add, for the rest of the group, an addendum to your answer: social skills largely revolve around empathy, practice, and innate or explicit understanding of social cues. Some of these aspects *require* a certain level of cognitive functioning to understand; some other aspects are best developed in a social group of approximately similar intelligence level. Lastly, for some people, across all intelligence levels, social skills are unimportant or of secondary concern - that is, some people don't care (or don't know enough to care) to develop social skills they feel they may not need.  
> **username_4**: @username_2 - nope, it isn't wise to trust people who *say* they have a degree: the Internet is "The Great Equalizer".  And you'd better add that reference!  :P  
> **username_1**: Actually, I think I'm going to go with username_2's original here: it's wise not to trust a degree. Degrees confer the concrete ability to source one's claims with ease, they do not in any way eliminate the need to source one's claim.  
> **username_4**: Hmm... semantics aside, I think we're at the same conclusion: don't trust other people's 'facts', demand their sources, and do your own due diligence to ensure truth/proper understanding.  
> **username_5**: Poor username_2! He get voted down because people don't like what he says.  
> **username_6**: "There is no correlation between IQ and social skills.  This means that some people have a high IQ and have 'good' social skills while other people have a high IQ but 'bad' social skills." that means that the correlation is less than 1, not that it is 0.  

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