Poll: Social Functioning

A quick checklist for self-evaluation.


Social functioning has been defined as “the ability to construct representations of the relations between oneself and others, and to use those representations flexibly to guide social behavior” (Adolphs, 2001).

Accurate perception and interpretation of social communication

  • Good
  • Fair
  • Poor
0 voters

Recognizing familiar faces and facial emotions

  • Good
  • Fair
  • Poor
0 voters

Interpreting voice prosody

  • Good
  • Fair
  • Poor
0 voters

Understanding a person’s intentions and emotions from their body posture, gestures, and movements

  • Good
  • Fair
  • Poor
0 voters

Precipitating emotional empathy

  • Good
  • Fair
  • Poor
0 voters

Source: UC San Francisco