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How Does Your Mind Work?

The Empathizing Quotient (EQ) Test

July 03, 2009 approx. 10 minute

Please answer the questions by selecting the appropriate button. Don't think about the answers too much. This test should take 10 minutes to complete.

1) I can easily tell if someone else wants to enter a conversation.
Agree Strongly
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Disagree Slightly
Disagree Strongly
2) I find it difficult to explain to others things that I understand easily, when they don't understand it first time.
Agree Strongly
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Disagree Slightly
Disagree Strongly
3) I really enjoy caring for other people.
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Disagree Slightly
Disagree Strongly
4) I find it hard to know what to do in a social situation.
Agree Strongly
Agree Slightly
Disagree Slightly
Disagree Strongly
5) People often tell me that I went too far in driving my point home in a discussion.
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Disagree Strongly
6) It doesn't bother me too much if I am late meeting a friend.
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Disagree Strongly
7) Friendships and relationships are just too difficult, so I tend not to bother with them.
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8) I often find it difficult to judge if something is rude or polite.
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9) In a conversation, I tend to focus on my own thoughts rather than on what my listener might be thinking.
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Disagree Strongly
10) When I was a child, I enjoyed cutting up worms to see what would happen.
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