figure 13.9 Social intelligence The diagrams represent the knowledge possessed by two hypothetical people who differ in social intelligence (Cantor & Kihlstrom, 1987). The person whose knowledge is diagrammed on top is socially intelligent when it comes to exam preparation; this individual possesses a rich collection of knowledge about how to prepare for a test and cope with stress. The less socially intelligent person, depicted on the bottom, has a much more limited set of knowledge and strategies. In social-cognitive theory, such differences in knowledge and skills are seen as a key source of individual differences in personality.