Just got to thinking again...

[conuly]

I remember the first time I took the AQ test. I got a fairly low score, something like 33 or 34. My mother, she thought I must've exaggerated, there was no way my score was actually so high. So she decided that she and Jenn would help me take this test, and prove that I really should've gotten a lower score.

With their expert help, I scored higher. I don't remember the exact number, but it was closer to 37. *laughs* That's where I tend to hover every time I remember about this test and take it again.

Let's see what my results are this time... AQ test

Your score: 40
0 - 10 = low
11 - 22 = average (most women score about 15 and most men score about 17)
23 - 31 = above average
32 - 50 is very high (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 35)
50 is maximum

Just for fun, I'll take the other tests too. Let's see... Empathy Quotient

Your score: 9
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20)
33 - 52 = average (most women score about 47 and most men score about 42)
53 - 63 is above average
64 - 80 is very high
80 is maximum

0.0

I wasn't expecting that....

Systemizing Quotient

Your score: 20
0 - 19 = low
20 - 39 = average (most women score about 24 and most men score about 30)
40 - 50 = above average (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score in this range)
51 - 80 is very high (three times as many people with Asperger Syndrome score in this range, compared to typical men, and almost no women score in this range)
80 is maximum

Now, *that* was unexpected. I'm on the low end of average, instead of the high.

I hate the eyes test, so I'm not taking that one.

Yes, this is boring. Sorry. *wanders off again*

Comments

[aquamizuko.livejournal.com]

Interesting.. *Decided to try them too* Got 25 on the AQ test, 23 on the EQ test (Geez, lower than I thought I'd get), and 20 for the SQ one..

[celticess.livejournal.com]

My AQ changes depending on if I take into account my online interactions. If I look at my offline my score drops quite a bit. If I look at a combination of the two it hits somewhere in the middle at around 43 and if I look at purely online it goes higher.(30 something I think)

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

These were interesting... I took them too. I got 17 on the AQ, 42 on the EQ, 31 on the SQ, and 29 on the eyes one.
For the SQ and EQ tests I scored the same as a guy should. lol :P But then, I'm not surprised either.

[jet87.livejournal.com]

The AQ test gave me a 33. On both the SQ and EQ I scored 43. I did the Minds Eye quiz for fun and I scored 27.

All somewhat interesting, in my opinion.

[beetlebomb.livejournal.com]

THis test sounds interesting. Where can I take it? I plan on goinf to a psychologist for an official assesment. Is the assessment test anything like this?

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

http://growe.homeip.net/BaronCohen/MaleFemale.asp
The first sentance of the entry is clickable. *nods*

I can't answer your other question though...

[conuly]

These tests, just so you know, are not supposed to be considered as diagnostic.

No, I found it interesting....

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Systemizing Quotient: 46
Empathy Quotient: 31
Autism Spectrum: 33

Just so's you know.

Re: No, I found it interesting....

[conuly]

*memorizes*

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

AQ: 36
EQ:10
SQ:41

suprised? no not at all. thanks for the linky oh empress of the universe


The eye one grosses me right out. I feel the need for a shower after that one
YUCK

I did peg a 22 which is the bottom end of normal although for the last 10 i was literaly just clicking hte first colum cause of grossness feelings.

Finaky, no oh Grand High Supreme and Mighty Empress Connie, I didnt find this boring at all.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

AQ:30
EQ:30
SQ:15
Mind the eyes: 25

Now, if only I knew what any of this meant.

[conuly]

I'd say it means you're normal, but really I try to tell people that it doesn't mean anything. 'cause it really doesn't.

[readerravenclaw.livejournal.com]

I got a 29 on the eye test, which is at the high end of normal. About what I expected, I guess. :)

I was just thinking - there's this computer program I've heard about (I know someone who has it) which supposedly is meant to teach people how to read emotions that are either 1. very faint, or 2. last for just a brief fraction of a second. It's reputed to work very well. I was just wondering if working through the program might be helpful to people who have trouble reading emotions in general... Of course, the starting point might be emotions that are too quick/subtle to even work with for someone who isn't good at that sort of thing.... Is there any program of that sort geared for people with Asperger's?

I don't know if the idea of facial expressions bore you, because you just don't connect with them, or if you find the idea of facial expressions interesting. If the latter is true, this article is fascinating: http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_08_05_a_face.htm
(The website of the psychologist who developed the computer program can be found at http://www.paulekman.com/ )

I think I've gotten inspired to borrow the CD and see what it's like. :)

[conuly]

Well, the eyes test freaks me out with all the staring. I'll clicky on the links later.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

AQ: 12
EQ: 54
SQ: 45
Eyes: 32 (A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30, you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult.) - I missed four, three of them I almost chose correctly.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

I just realized that on the SQ test, you were suprised to score low-average, whilst I got high-average! It's all those Excel sheets I tell you :-p

[conuly]

*laughs* Some of the questions, though, were strange. Could I fix the wiring in the house? I don't know, can I? I don't know anything about that, and am scared of electric shocks, so that changes my answer. If I knew about that, would I still be unable to? I don't know.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

Hah, are you kidding me? If I had the least bit of interest in electronics or dates, that score would be WAAAY higher, since most of those were a no for me too. Certainly the wiring. But, for instance, the "are you persnickity with details on DIY repairs"? Well, of course! What other way is there? If I couldn't fix it right I would have someone else do it, duh.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

Oh, and your empathy score is LOW kiddo. Maybe, just *maybe* you might want to work on that just a *little*??? Not, say, Dalai Lama level empathy, just a smidge closer to average?

[conuly]

If I do, will I be able to sense people's emotions like Deanna Troi?

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

That would be Dalai Lama level, sorry. :-p Years, nay decades, of training required.

[conuly]

Hmph. Hardly worth it.

I certainly care what people are feeling, I answered all those... um... correctly.

[thelonetiel.livejournal.com]

AQ: 20
EQ: 26
SQ: 20
Eyes: 22

Interesting. I am just barely normal on most of those, except the empathy one. :P

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

SQ: 23
EQ: 30 (Though I think that one might be a bit low.)
Eyes Thing: 32
AQ: 24

[aquamizuko.livejournal.com]

Interesting.. *Decided to try them too* Got 25 on the AQ test, 23 on the EQ test (Geez, lower than I thought I'd get), and 20 for the SQ one..

[celticess.livejournal.com]

My AQ changes depending on if I take into account my online interactions. If I look at my offline my score drops quite a bit. If I look at a combination of the two it hits somewhere in the middle at around 43 and if I look at purely online it goes higher.(30 something I think)

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

These were interesting... I took them too. I got 17 on the AQ, 42 on the EQ, 31 on the SQ, and 29 on the eyes one.
For the SQ and EQ tests I scored the same as a guy should. lol :P But then, I'm not surprised either.

[jet87.livejournal.com]

The AQ test gave me a 33. On both the SQ and EQ I scored 43. I did the Minds Eye quiz for fun and I scored 27.

All somewhat interesting, in my opinion.

[beetlebomb.livejournal.com]

THis test sounds interesting. Where can I take it? I plan on goinf to a psychologist for an official assesment. Is the assessment test anything like this?

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

http://growe.homeip.net/BaronCohen/MaleFemale.asp
The first sentance of the entry is clickable. *nods*

I can't answer your other question though...

[conuly]

These tests, just so you know, are not supposed to be considered as diagnostic.

No, I found it interesting....

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Systemizing Quotient: 46
Empathy Quotient: 31
Autism Spectrum: 33

Just so's you know.

Re: No, I found it interesting....

[conuly]

*memorizes*

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

AQ: 36
EQ:10
SQ:41

suprised? no not at all. thanks for the linky oh empress of the universe


The eye one grosses me right out. I feel the need for a shower after that one
YUCK

I did peg a 22 which is the bottom end of normal although for the last 10 i was literaly just clicking hte first colum cause of grossness feelings.

Finaky, no oh Grand High Supreme and Mighty Empress Connie, I didnt find this boring at all.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

AQ:30
EQ:30
SQ:15
Mind the eyes: 25

Now, if only I knew what any of this meant.

[conuly]

I'd say it means you're normal, but really I try to tell people that it doesn't mean anything. 'cause it really doesn't.

[readerravenclaw.livejournal.com]

I got a 29 on the eye test, which is at the high end of normal. About what I expected, I guess. :)

I was just thinking - there's this computer program I've heard about (I know someone who has it) which supposedly is meant to teach people how to read emotions that are either 1. very faint, or 2. last for just a brief fraction of a second. It's reputed to work very well. I was just wondering if working through the program might be helpful to people who have trouble reading emotions in general... Of course, the starting point might be emotions that are too quick/subtle to even work with for someone who isn't good at that sort of thing.... Is there any program of that sort geared for people with Asperger's?

I don't know if the idea of facial expressions bore you, because you just don't connect with them, or if you find the idea of facial expressions interesting. If the latter is true, this article is fascinating: http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_08_05_a_face.htm
(The website of the psychologist who developed the computer program can be found at http://www.paulekman.com/ )

I think I've gotten inspired to borrow the CD and see what it's like. :)

[conuly]

Well, the eyes test freaks me out with all the staring. I'll clicky on the links later.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

AQ: 12
EQ: 54
SQ: 45
Eyes: 32 (A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30, you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult.) - I missed four, three of them I almost chose correctly.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

I just realized that on the SQ test, you were suprised to score low-average, whilst I got high-average! It's all those Excel sheets I tell you :-p

[conuly]

*laughs* Some of the questions, though, were strange. Could I fix the wiring in the house? I don't know, can I? I don't know anything about that, and am scared of electric shocks, so that changes my answer. If I knew about that, would I still be unable to? I don't know.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

Hah, are you kidding me? If I had the least bit of interest in electronics or dates, that score would be WAAAY higher, since most of those were a no for me too. Certainly the wiring. But, for instance, the "are you persnickity with details on DIY repairs"? Well, of course! What other way is there? If I couldn't fix it right I would have someone else do it, duh.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

Oh, and your empathy score is LOW kiddo. Maybe, just *maybe* you might want to work on that just a *little*??? Not, say, Dalai Lama level empathy, just a smidge closer to average?

[conuly]

If I do, will I be able to sense people's emotions like Deanna Troi?

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

That would be Dalai Lama level, sorry. :-p Years, nay decades, of training required.

[conuly]

Hmph. Hardly worth it.

I certainly care what people are feeling, I answered all those... um... correctly.

[thelonetiel.livejournal.com]

AQ: 20
EQ: 26
SQ: 20
Eyes: 22

Interesting. I am just barely normal on most of those, except the empathy one. :P

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

SQ: 23
EQ: 30 (Though I think that one might be a bit low.)
Eyes Thing: 32
AQ: 24