General/Generic Skills:
• These are essential for all professional psychologists.
• These skills include personal as well as intellectual skills.
Generic (intellectual and personal skills) are as follows:
Interpersonal Skills: Ability to listen and be empathic. It may be verbal or non-verbal.
• Cognitive:
— Ability to solve problems — Having curiosity and flexibility
• Affective Skills:
— Openness to ideas — Agreeableness — Honesty
•Expressive Skills: Ability to communicate in verbal and non-verbal form.
• Reflective Skills:
— Intrapersonal intelligence
— Ability to examine own motives, attitude and behaviour.
• Personal skills:
— Personal hygiene — Time management
