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Social characteristics are elements of an individual's personality that relate to social processes. This includes traits that are purely social such as introversion and extroversion. There is also a large grey area between personal characteristics and social characteristics. For example, confidence is a personal trait that may also greatly influence social behavior. The following are common social characteristics.
Accepting
Anti-social
Assertive
Attentive
Awkward
Candid
Caring
Charming
Collaborative
Combative
Compassionate
Confident
Considerate
Contemptuous
Cool
Cooperative
Dependent
Difficult
Diplomatic
Dishonest
Distant
Docile
Eloquent
Empathetic
Extroverted
Forgiving
Friendly
Helpful
Honest
Hostile
Humble
Impolite
Independent
Insincere
Introverted
Judgemental
Kind
Narcissistic
Natural Leader
Need for Validation
Outgoing
Outspoken
Passive Aggressive
Patient
People Person
Personal Presence
Plain-spoken
Polite
Pompous
Pretentious
Quiet
Reserved
Sarcastic
Self-Centered
Selfless
Sensitive
Shallow
Shy
Sincere
Smug
Socially Conservative
Socially Perceptive
Socially Progressive
Socially Selective
Status Seeking
Straightforward
Suspicious
Sympathetic
Tactful
Tolerant
Touchy
Trusting
Trustworthy
Unaffected
Unemotional
Unforgiving
Unsociable
Vain
Warm
Withdrawn

Sociability

Your willingness and enthusiasm for engaging others and building relationships. Sociability goes beyond the dichotomy between extroversion and introversion. For example, you could be outgoing in social situations but uninterested in building and sustaining relationships over time. There is also a difference between people in terms of how much they depend on social processes and their willingness to take the lead in social situations.

Communication Style

The way that you tend to communicate to others. Communication style is greatly influenced by culture. For example, American culture tends towards direct communication and Japanese culture tends towards indirect communication such as saving face.

Personal Presence

How you command yourself in social situations and how you are generally perceived by others. This is an intangible thing that is intuitively understood by people. For example, people describe being able to sense someone's personal presence the moment they walk in a room.

Social Disposition

Your general approach to other people. For example, whether you are open or closed, understanding or judgemental, competitive or cooperative.
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