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Empathy quotient

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Your Empathy Quotient score was 23 out of a possible 80.
Scores of 30 or less indicate a lack of empathy common in people with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome

well whaddya know
 
Your Empathy Quotient score was 36 out of a possible 80.
Scores above 30 are generally not indicitive of an Autism Spectrum disorder.
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Really???

KT
 
45. I think the test says less about empathy than being connected to the world around you. The results in this thread pretty much confirm my views of the average ATOTer. 🙂
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
45. I think the test says less about empathy than being connected to the world around you. The results in this thread pretty much confirm my views of the average ATOTer. 🙂
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Empathy: the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions : the ability to share someone else's feelings

You don't have to share with others in this sense, but at least understand what is happening at a social level in the world around you. As you said, connectedness to fellow man. An ability to interact with others, specifically an ability to read social cues.
 
destrekor said:
Empathy: the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions : the ability to share someone else's feelings

You don't have to share with others in this sense, but at least understand what is happening at a social level in the world around you. As you said, connectedness to fellow man. An ability to interact with others, specifically an ability to read social cues.
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I made the distinction because I believe it is possible to understand what motivates others without appreciating or, identifying with the feelings involved. It's what successful salesmen and politicians do all the time. However, it's a short step from understanding without empathy to being a con man. I have witnessed a rise in both lack of understanding and, a lack of empathy in 'youts' today.
 
It's not that I can't perceive other people's emotions, etc, it's that I just don't give a fuck most of the time. I have enough of my own problems to deal with or worry about let alone someone else's problems.
 
34/80

I am empathetic to kids and animals. I can read social cues very well, but I just don't like listening to people's unasked for opinions and other nonsense. I don't have asberger's. I am an "asshole". 😀
 
Scary thing is you don't have to read the scores to know how most people stand. You can tell from a cross section of posts what type of person they are with a deviation of error for sarcasm/joking that might be missed in textual context.

However, in reading through the questions, some have to be used as some sort of neutral gauge, or simply the person wasn't clear on how to word them and relate them to the topic.

I answered every question opposite of what I really thought and received a 10/80.
 
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Dumb test is dumb. Besides a lot of this not having anything to do with empathy, tests in this format tend to have an intelligence skew. I.e. Intelligent people will be more thoughtful and tend to answer toward the neutral/slight area, whereas dumb people will kneejerk to the 'strong' answers, which affect the score a lot more.
 
tynopik said:
FTFY
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I always give the benefit of the doubt.
phucheneh said:
24.

Dumb test is dumb. Besides a lot of this not having anything to do with empathy, tests in this format tend to have an intelligence skew. I.e. Intelligent people will be more thoughtful and tend to answer toward the neutral/slight area, whereas dumb people will kneejerk to the 'strong' answers, which affect the score a lot more.
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You don't think the questions allow for that? Or, you really think intelligence has a bearing on empathy?
 
pontifex said:
It's not that I can't perceive other people's emotions, etc, it's that I just don't give a fuck most of the time. I have enough of my own problems to deal with or worry about let alone someone else's problems.
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you do know what empathy means, yes?

😀
 
phucheneh said:
24.

Dumb test is dumb. Besides a lot of this not having anything to do with empathy, tests in this format tend to have an intelligence skew. I.e. Intelligent people will be more thoughtful and tend to answer toward the neutral/slight area, whereas dumb people will kneejerk to the 'strong' answers, which affect the score a lot more.
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well, your posting history correlates to your low score, imo.
 
ImpulsE69 said:
Scary thing is you don't have to read the scores to know how most people stand. You can tell from a cross section of posts what type of person they are with a deviation of error for sarcasm/joking that might be missed in textual context.
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You textual deviant, you probably do it with the lights on.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
I always give the benefit of the doubt.


You don't think the questions allow for that? Or, you really think intelligence has a bearing on empathy?
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How did you get that?

The point I was making was simply that these types of tests have unreliable results. Really, any test administered by yourself, for yourself, about yourself, using your own opinion of yourself, is going to run the gamut from 'unreliable' to 'utterly useless,' depending on the particular subject matter and the people.

But to use the cliched 'very/slightly/slightly/very' format makes it even worse. I wasn't saying that intelligence literally skews empathy; just the test results. I was saying that when you ask reasonable questions of reasonable people, you will get mostly answers in the middle ground, which make for shitty results. The definitive results will come from those who are incapable of processing the finer points of a question, and automatically choose one of the severe answers, even though it cannot possible be the truth.

I would wager that someone scoring a 60 or 70 plus on this test also probably does terrible on standardized tests due to a lack of critical thinking skills.

Most people here probably got in the 20-40 range due to 'middle ground' answers coupled with maybe a slight skew towards schizoid tendencies. I myself know damn well that I'm not autistic; I do, however, have quite a bit of the schizoid in me, which is reflected in a lot of my answers...and has nothing to do with empathy.
 
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phucheneh said:
How did you get that?

The point I was making was simply that these types of tests have unreliable results. Really, any test administered by yourself, for yourself, about yourself, using your own opinion of yourself, is going to run the gamut from 'unreliable' to 'utterly useless,' depending on the particular subject matter and the people.

But to use the cliched 'very/slightly/slightly/very' format makes it even worse. I wasn't saying that intelligence literally skews empathy; just the test results. I was saying that when you ask reasonable questions of reasonable people, you will get mostly answers in the middle ground, which make for shitty results. The definitive results will come from those who are incapable of processing the finer points of a question, and automatically choose one of the severe answers, even though it cannot possible be the truth.

I would wager that someone scoring a 60 or 70 plus on this test also probably does terrible on standardized tests due to a lack of critical thinking skills.
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You're thinking of this as some kind of performance test. It's an evaluation of your own perspectives. Who better to judge what you view as important than yourself? Scoring higher does not mean "better."
 
phucheneh said:
How did you get that?

The point I was making was simply that these types of tests have unreliable results. Really, any test administered by yourself, for yourself, about yourself, using your own opinion of yourself, is going to run the gamut from 'unreliable' to 'utterly useless,' depending on the particular subject matter and the people.

But to use the cliched 'very/slightly/slightly/very' format makes it even worse. I wasn't saying that intelligence literally skews empathy; just the test results. I was saying that when you ask reasonable questions of reasonable people, you will get mostly answers in the middle ground, which make for shitty results. The definitive results will come from those who are incapable of processing the finer points of a question, and automatically choose one of the severe answers, even though it cannot possible be the truth.

I would wager that someone scoring a 60 or 70 plus on this test also probably does terrible on standardized tests due to a lack of critical thinking skills.

Most people here probably got in the 20-40 range due to 'middle ground' answers coupled with maybe a slight skew towards schizoid tendencies. I myself know damn well that I'm not autistic; I do, however, have quite a bit of the schizoid in me, which is reflected in a lot of my answers...and has nothing to do with empathy.
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I'll say that I have seen first hand how the "less intelligent" or more appropriately "less aware" can and do answer within the full ranges, not flying upon absolutes.

And you should be able to readily recognize and acknowledge when you have a reason to have an absolute response. I had a few, not necessarily many but a statistically significant amount.

Also regarding testing and statistics, I feel quite certain that the format is so commonly used because it has been demonstrated to be valuable. There are studies regularly conducted that resemble these kinds of tests, but the sole point is to determine how people approach the answers, especially if tests can lead anyone to answer in ways they wouldn't otherwise if they could help it.

If you ever took one of those personality tests attached to a job application, you might recognize how half of the questions are basically reworded versions of other ones with a flipped response style (disagree vs agree).

They use it because it works. Full stop. Fact. End of story.

FYI: I legitimately studied in the Behavioral Studies category and read about and witnessed and even participated in studies of various styles.



I hate to say it and forgive me if this offends, but if your posting style isn't manufactured, you definitely fit the kind of category that test is designed to highlight. That is not to say it's an autistic disorder, but it would seem you may be lacking in empathy traits.
If you created a persona and you are nothing like that, you are a fiendish SOB and might consider taking up the creative arts, notably writing or acting if you are not already capitalizing on that skill.
 
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