Particular kind of social competence which is associated with success (Baumrind, 1966).

Social competence refers to an individual's ability to effectively navigate social interactions and relationships. It encompasses skills such as communication, empathy, cooperation, and conflict resolution. People with high social competence are able to build and maintain positive relationships with others.

The two main types of linguistic competence are generative grammatical competence and communicative sociolinguistic competence. Generative grammatical competence refers to the ability to produce and understand grammatically correct sentences, while communicative sociolinguistic competence involves understanding and appropriately using language in different social contexts.

the ability to communicate with different people, from different social groups

Someone who lacks social skills may be described as socially awkward or as having poor social competence.