We can consider aptitude the ability to learn a certain behavior, or a congenital condition of a certain efficiency that becomes ability only if it manifests, but which can always remain dormant, or even a predisposition natural. Personal skills facilitate the development of particular forms of activity, since they are psychophysical gifts that can facilitate or hinder the realization of a training project or labor. With this Psychology-Online article we will therefore see what are personal skills, a list of skills and some examples.
The definition of aptitude varies from one author to another, some substantially recognize a single definable aptitude, intelligence, others show innumerable aptitudes.
- Pieron defines fitness as congenital condition (predisposition) to a certain mode of efficacy; it may remain in the dormant state and never manifest, but if it does, it is transformed into skill and can support the acquisition and expression of knowledge and capabilities. In this article you will find skill examples.
- According Piaget fitness is what differentiates two individuals they have the same characteristics.
- For other authors, aptitude is a set of elements that allows a person to perform complex activities (and therefore manifest ability): skiing, speaking a language, building objects, etc.
- Gemelli defines aptitudes as determinants that originate different returns and the consequent peculiar ways of reacting; in other words, who owns them makes it easier to carry out a particular activity.
- For Claparede an aptitude is a physical or psychic attribute considered from the point of view of the performance: resistance to fatigue, perseverance in effort, motor or mental speed, etc.
In some cases, instead of aptitudes, one even speaks of talent or dowry; However, even considering useful skills as prerequisites, it should not be forgotten that all Complex human activity also derives from the expression of the personality and the will put into countryside.
The aptitudes, in effect, they are presented as an original factor, we could say genetic, but then they are forged by environmental conditions. Artists like Goya and Mozart were very early in their manifestations of aptitude, but certainly the educational conditions were equally decisive. Skills, if cultivated, reinforced over time and transformed, evolve into skill. It must be remembered that high aptitudes, but without the spring of interest, of stimulation, of will, end up not giving positive results in terms of expression of the consequent ability.
Fitness is not the same as attitude. In this article we explain the difference between aptitude and attitude.
The most traditional and shared classification distinguishes physiological, sensory, motor and intellectual abilities on a kind of scale of increasing complexity:
- The physiological abilities they are represented by strength, physical endurance, etc. Consider the importance of muscle mass consistency for certain archaic occupations or for certain sports, which can be counterproductive for hockey. Let's also think about certain characteristics of the rib cage and the muscles of the legs that make the difference between cyclists.
- The sensory skills They are represented by the so-called five senses, which can be more or less accentuated. They are the most obvious and the most constant, and their measurement and evaluation goes back to the origin of experimental psychology.
- The motor skills They can be highlighted in sports activities, in artisanal, musical and artistic activities in general. Let's think about manual dexterity, in the sense of balance, in the harmony that can be expressed in free body gymnastics, in dance, in playing an instrument like the violin or the piano.
- The mental abilities They are represented by the faculty of organization of thought. Think of the power of concentration required of a surgeon or a goldsmith, or the power of controlling multiple phenomena typical of a conductor.
Since skills are configurable in a complex and correlated way, an attempt has been made to measure them by setting up special tests or reagents such as those of the psychosensory, perceptual-motor, psycho-motor, mental tests, etc. A widely used reagent is Thurstone, a multifactorial battery of primary skills to assess nine areas. These instruments have credibility and utility for young people, but it must be remembered that, being the aptitudes a substantial abstraction, those that can be measured are, in practice, skills, that is, skills in some way stimulated and made applications.
If we recover the concept of aptitude as the set of dispositions, inclinations, psycho-physical conditions that make it possible to carry out a particular activity, we verify that with education and experience he finds more or less effective forms of expression. Skills, in other words, are inextricably related to age, education, exercise, sex, etc. For example, we know how to do calculations, even complicated ones, because in addition to having the aptitude for calculation, we have learned to do the math.
Therefore, to capture the skills at their core, the factors of education, study, experimentation, application and experience would have to be eliminated. Remember that most skills during adolescence become skills. In fact, only two ways can partially trace skills: comparing people with education, studies, and so on. the same, noting the differences in the different benefits; or refer to individuals belonging to child age.
As individual skills are the central core of the individual's personality, their understanding plays a very important role in personal brand: exercising a profession in association with one's personal aptitudes guarantees strong incentives and wide gratification; On the contrary, when the professional career and the aptitudes take different paths, contradictions and dissonant situations are experienced. If you can invest in training and development, you can't invest in skills.
To better understand the concept, we will look at examples of personal and work skills. Below is a list of 30 professional skills Important Interests for a Resume (CV):
- Adaptive spirit
- Problem resolution
- Motivation
- Tenacity
- Target orientation
- Stress resistance
- Team work
- Creativity
- Proactivity
- Attention to details
- Flexibility
- Resilience
- Leadership
- Integrity
- Empathy
- Courage
- Competence
- Efficient communication
- Initiative
- Dynamism
- Precision
- Planning
- Organization
- Self-confidence
- Autonomy
- Sensitivity
- I respect
- Patience
- Cordiality
- Concentration
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