Empathy Quotient

60/80 - some of the above scores explain a lot about what we have to deal with ;)
 
How are some of you guys getting so high!? I got 15/80 and I thought I was a fairly well rounded guy.

I even teared up during Interstellar. I call shenanigans
 
47/80

lower than i thought but i did a lot of middle ground yes and nos, i guess it balanced out.

Turn off your PCs and go meet people you weirdos.

I do emphasise with people's plights and bad situations but that's usually as far as it goes.
Doing something to help is a whole `nother deal....These days at least
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31/80

Strange as I always thought I was very empathetic and generally care more about others than myself. Guess not as much as I thought!
 
Your Empathy Quotient score was 35 out of a possible 80.
Scores above 30 are generally not indicitive of an Autism Spectrum disorder.
 
scorza said:
IMO it's better to be a low-EQ person anyway i.e. be a creature of logic and reasoning rather than one of emotions and feelings. Only problem with that is that most people have emotions so people who can understand them in other people are often good at managing those people, which means they tend to earn more.
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You know you can be both, right? Hence why this kind of test has a broad scale in the scoring.

Probably the best kind of balance is being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes, but also have the kind of mindset to stay logical through any extreme.
 
Freefaller said:
44/80

Then again I like being around people and feel that I am naturally quite empathetic and sensitive to others. But I'm surprised my score is so low, I thought it would have been higher! Maybe I was too moderate in some of my answers instead of "strongly" agreeing/disagreeing.
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43/80 and I agree with you. I thought I'd score higher but may have held back on some of my answers as I was on the fence slightly.
 
I usually don't do these things, as I don't think they're good indicators of what the test is actually for, but only really show how a person perceives themselves. I was strict with myself and made sure to not go by my opinion of myself, but base my answers on evidence, and got 53.

If I'd have taken this test 10 years ago, I can imagine it would be a lot lower :o I can say without a shadow of a doubt I've become more empathetic as I've grown out of adolescence.

:edit: I wholeheartedly disagree with above posts suggesting that someone who is empathetic can not have logical thought, or is somehow less able to think logically than someone who finds it difficult to understand other's feelings. I think people - and their emotions - are logical!
 
24 out of 80. Then again I'm almost blind and severe hearing loss, so I'm not going to pick up emotions easily. Hell, I can't event recognise familiar people when they're out of context e.g. seeing a colleague outside of the workplace and wearing different clothes.

The roller coaster question amused me though. I picked "strongly agree" on going on a roller coaster. Not sure if that increased or reduced my overall score?! :D
 
Chris1712 said:
That's exactly it for me. I can totally understand people's perspectives and pre-empt their moves, but I don't care.
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Same with me for the most part but that attitude has developed over time. I care less as I get older, mostly due to experience with people trying to screw me over. :p
 
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