test on reading emotions in eyes

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I got an average score on that but only because it was multiple choice. If I had to write in answers with no multiple choice I know I would have done very badly.

On some of them I guessed because none of the choices seemed right to me.

I just looked at the picture and tried to work out who the eyes belonged to then imagined them in a film role and from the choices worked out what the role was.

I've been practicing for decades reading people's expressions.29/35. I completely guessed on at least half of them. Must be getting something right!

I did really bad on it even though I don't have trouble with facial expressions, I have posted about this here before but didn't get much of a response so I have no idea why. My theory is I rely on other cues to figure out emotions (such as tone of voice and the whole face).

I got 23/36 and have done this test twice and think I got 23/36 the other time too. I am no good at reading facial expressions and reading what eye contact messages people send in social situations. I used my intelligence as I don't have intuition to guide me when reading people. It was easier with the multiple choice and with some eyes I guessed so getting near the average score

I score really low on tests like this one. I look at the picture, and for most of them none of the choices make sense.

These tests are silly really, because reading body language and facial expressions et cetera, is more from instinct and so there is not really any right or wrong answers as such. It's a bit like art, you don't really get many right or wrong answers in art because it's very complex and also subjective. I know a neurotypical who had a go at this test and she said the eyes all just look the same and that she needs to see the whole face (including the eyes) to actually capture the emotion.

Last edited by Joe90 on 01 Jun 2012, 12:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I honestly think this test is bullcrap.

I can nail almost every answer, despite not being able to do nearly so well in RL and having a formal diagnosis.

EDIT: I choose by looking at the possible choices and using a bit of logic. Ask me without the list of possible answers and I might flunk it.

Not being able to read body language or facial expressions isn't a universal trait in Aspergers. I think its as simple as that. It's a statistical result that people on the autism spectrum score lower than the NT population, but only after taking an AVERAGE.

I'm quite certain I'm on the autism spectrum as I was diagnosed very young with fairly obvious traits of intense fixations, behavioral inflexibility, and sensory issues. Non-the-less I've always been fairly good, or at least average, when it comes to reading people and I score pretty high on most of those tests on emotional interpretation and body language. It certainly doesn't translate into an ability to interact fluidly in social situations though. If anything, noticing people's emotions makes me overly tense and awkward. I do better if I can ignore those signals as they just make me uneasy and more likely to miss the verbal content or just mentally freeze up. I also seem to absorb other people's anxiety like an antenna picking up a certain frequency. I don't like it at all.

I took the test and I got 31/36. An average score is 26.2 and an average score with somebody with AS is 21.9. Hmm, I already knew that I didn't have a problem with reading people's facial expressions. Isn't that just one symptom of AS that you may or may not have?

I'm also thinking that how you were raised, what your special interests are and what your career field is may have a lot of influence on this as well. I am interested in people, psychology and personalities. I did work in daycare, not to say that I loved it but I learned a lot about humanity and it helped with understanding emotions.

Yes, I noticed that.

[quote="lostgirl1986"]I took the test and I got 31/36. An average score is 26.2 and an average score with somebody with AS is 21.9. Hmm, I already knew that I didn't have a problem with reading people's facial expressions. Isn't that just one symptom of AS that you may or may not have?

Not everyone has all of the symptoms. And not all NTs are free of symptoms of Aspergers. I'm living proof of that.

You know yourself best. BPD and ASD can have some overlying symptoms. Misdiagnosis is possible. Id say talk to a professional. In my pattern seeking experience, most people with BPD have a very poor relationship with their mother. Usually the mother was unavailable for attachment via alcoholism, drugs or other. It leaves the child completely unable to form healthy attachment. DBT Dialectical Behavioral Treatment is proven the best treatment for BPD. There is a woman named A J Majari who suffers from both BPD and ASD. I believe she wrote a book online. DBT would help you regardless. Please talk to a trusted professional though. BPD gets a bad rap and not much compassion in the immature field of psychiatry. Misdiagnosis would be more harmful in that direction. Trust yourself. We usually know inside whats true. Best wishes.
Ps i took that stupid test. I agree with comments above it was easier with the prompting. Half the time my answer was nothing like the choices so i picked the one that fit. I still scored low though but honestly i would have gotten a zero had i been asked to fully guess without prompts.

I. Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following:
A. marked impairments in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial
expression, body posture, and gestures to regulate social interaction
B. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level
C. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interest or achievements with other people, (e.g..
by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people)
D. lack of social or emotional reciprocity
II. Restricted repetitive & stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:
A. encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is
abnormal either in intensity or focus
B. apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or rituals
C. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g. hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex
whole-body movements)
D. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects

III. The disturbance causes clinically significant impairments in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

IV. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (E.G. single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years)

V. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interaction) and curiosity about the environment in childhood.

VI. Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Schizophrenia."

You only need two from part one and one from part 2

American vs british english. I guess, as there is no link to the test in this thread?

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