Comments on: Empathizers, Systemizers, and Autism….

By: gbrooks

gbrooks — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:10:46 +0000

This test is haunting me. I scored less than half on the “E” part and more than 2x the average for women on the “S” part. I already know I’m rather odd, I’m also a scientist and I used to be able to pretend or “act” social, if that makes any sense.

About two years ago, I had a really bad relationship and simply decided that I would no longer have relationships with anyone, because I had determined that I was not capable of understanding other people. My confusion is thus, I cut myself off from people, not because I didn’t or can’t care, but because caring took too high of an emotional toll. But I think it’s possible that my self-imposed isolation has actually shifted my ability to empathize, or I’ve started forgetting how. Or perhaps, I’ve finally removed the people who artificially kept me from being my natural, agoraphobic self. Which would be sort of funny and might explain why all my relationships failed miserably.

I do want a relationship of some sort, one that involves sex, but I haven’t been able to convince myself that the risk is worth the reward. Oh, and this isn’t a minor phase, I’ve been this way for 3+ years.

Oh, I scored 22 (E) and 125 (S). I scored 33 on that alleged autism test. I’m a 37 year-old female.

Just interested in your thoughts, whatever they may be.

By: Laura’s Psychology Blog » More on the autism “epidemic”….

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:56:41 +0000

[...] It might be helpful if we had a better idea of how and why autism occurs. In our case, the best hypothesis seems to be that of Simon Baron-Cohen. As you can see from Mr. F’s scores and my own, we are definitely off-the-chart systemizers. Our empathy scores are also above average, which probably accounts for our more typical social behavior. However, we still have a huge number of questions about the etiology of the disorder, and it seems likely that multiple trajectories may lead to the same type of outcome. [...]

By: Laura’s Psychology Blog » More on the EQSQ Personality Tests….

Laura’s Psychology Blog » More on the EQSQ Personality Tests…. — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:55:53 +0000

[...] Many of you enjoyed taking the EQSQ Tests (empathy versus systemizing) mentioned in a previous post. Tim Worstall, who runs the EQSQ site, picked up on my confusion about interpreting my 51 EQ score and my 97 SQ score and offered a very helpful clarification. [...]

By: cat tran

cat tran — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:54:10 +0000

I was surprised to find that both my scores were 61 which meant there was no difference that would indicate my ‘natural tendencies’. I was classified as systemizer, which I thought was interesting…I would have guessed that I’m more of an empathizer…but then again since my scores were the same, I guess I’m pretty balanced.
Even though I know I can’t rely on online tests like this, I was secretly hoping this test would still give me results that showed some clear indication of some kind of preference…my problem is that I really have no idea what I’m going to end up doing in my career life and I’ve actually been assigned to take specific career and strong interest inventories to try to see if there are any strong indicators that would guide me…but of course it seems as though my results always tells me I can go either which way…no clear answers to my indecisiveness and confusion.

By: Rebecca Burnside

Rebecca Burnside — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:19:11 +0000

My EQ was 62 and my SQ was 85. That also puts me in the top right, and my Myers-Briggs type is INTJ as well. Interesting that Osama can be catagorized. But hey, we’re amongst some great people: Batman and our Governator. And according to some blogger’s creative mind, Severus Snape as well.

http://piratemonkeysinc.com/allresults.htm

By: Roger’s View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo! » Similarities … and not Opposites … attract!

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:11:39 +0000

[...] Laura’s Latestest effort to shake my confidence in my uniqueness in our duo was a little test that measures two seemingly unrelated cognitive perspectives: the EQ (Empathising Quotient) and the SQ (Systematizing Quotient). [...]

By: Laura Freberg

Laura Freberg — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:56:35 +0000

I wouldn’t put too much weight on an online personality test. Generally, if your results conflict with what you “know” about yourself, it is more likely that the test is wrong than you are wrong. College students are typically quite intelligent and self-aware, and you can trust your own self-concept in most cases.

By: TNguyen

TNguyen — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:17:34 +0000

I took the EQSQ test and actually got below average for both of my scores. I thought I was actually an empathizer but my results told me that I am a systemizer, which is pretty surprising for me. However, I guess it’s the fact that I prefer numbers over words (i.e. math over english), love web designing, and video games as well. This test really makes me wonder if Psychology is the best major for me. Hopefully taking other career tests, I will be able to figure out what profession I am interested in.