Reading faces test

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I hated this test. A few of them I knew immediately, but for many of them, I got the answer wrong, and then got the answer wrong again, and then got it wrong again, and then got it wrong again. When I finally found the correct answer I no longer cared what the answer was.

And I do wish that I was given some kind of indication of how many answers I got correct versus how many I got wrong and overall accuracy.

I kept count of how many emotions I selected correctly first time round.
I scored 11/20.
I noticed that I found the first 3 rows difficult in which many times I ended up feeling very frustrated and pressing the buttons at random, trying to find the correct answer.
The last 2 rows I did much better, but felt they had mostly exaggerated expressions to the point that they seemed unrealistic.
Like other people, I could easily see which were positive or negative expressions, but it took a little more time and effort for me to discern which emotion they were exactly.

I only got two or three correct on the first guess. Others took me 3 or 4 guesses to get it right. I can tell pretty easily if the expression is positive or negative, but beyond that, I mostly have to guess.

There are more than 400 emotions?

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This is the second time I did this test and I STILL didn't guess some of them until 5/6th try.

However, I think the reason for poor score is due to the appalling acting of some of the actors. I've noticed that in those instances where I guessed right straight away - it was always the case that the emotion was acted out by the same actor.

Still, I know I mis-read faces all the time, I'd just like to know if all NTs get it right all the time?

I lost count of how many I got right, but I didn't do as well as I do on the Mind in the Eyes Test (which I usually perform well on). I found the first two rows were the most difficult—I only got two or three of those ones right instinctively. I found I had to use logic to figure out a lot of them.

As OddFiction did, it's probably more interesting to compare how you saw it.

My answer – their answer
Drunk/delirious – despairing
Angry – grumpy
Bitchy – cruel
Angry – defiant
Happy – overjoyed
Expecting – expectant
Confused – concerned
Happy – excited
Condescending – forgiving
Sad – unfriendly
Amused – amused
Saw someone get hurt – aggressive
Listening – sociable
Scared – afraid
I'd call an ambulance for him – begging
Surprised – surprised
Sad – sad
Provoking – adoring
Relieved – relieved
A sad scared – disgusted

There's one I'd like to see there. The one where they all stare at you with their mouths wide open. I don't really know what's going on in their heads, but it feels like their about to tie you to a post and set you on fire.

I thought it would keep score for me and give me a score when I was done. But it does not. I did not keep accurate score but I think I got about 5 or 6 or so first try. The others I got eventually but I had to guess more than two or three guesses and sometimes I had at least five or six guesses until I got it right. I had no idea that there were so many emotions either. I won't take the test again for a very long time if I want to keep score because I will just remember the answers if I take it too soon.

My answer / Their answer/ (Guesses to get right)

(1) Despairing / Despairing (1)
(2) Forgiving (and Grumpy) / Grumpy (2 - because forgiving was wrong)
(3) Disgusted, Aggressive, Unfriendly, Grumpy, Defiant, Cruel / Cruel (6)
(4) Unfriendly, Aggressive, Defiant / Defiant (3)
(5) Overjoyed / Overjoyed (1)
(6) Expectant / Expectant (1)
(7) Concerned / Concerned (1)
(8 ) Overjoyed, Amused, Excited / Excited (3)
(9) Forgiving / Forgiving (1)
(10) Defiant , Disgusted, Relieved, Grumpy, Surprised, Unfriendly / Unfriendly (6)
(11) Amused / Amused (1)
(12) Excited, Expectant, Afraid, Concerned, Aggressive / Aggressive (5)
(13) Expectant, Sociable / Sociable (2)
(14) Afraid / Afraid (1)
(15) Concerned, Begging / Begging (2)
(16) Surprised / Surprised (1)
(17) Despairing , Sad / Sad (2)
(18 ) Sociable , Adoring / Adoring (2)
(19 ) Relieved / Relieved (1)
(20) Disgusted / Disgusted (1)


What I think about this :

(2) I said both "forgiving" and "grumpy" for the second guy because he looks like both to me.
He looks like he's caught some little brats doing something in his garden which they shouldn't be (stealing apples, for example), been given a half-decent explanation which he's not 100% convinced by ("but mister.... we're so hungry. Our mum sent us out to play and told us to have dinner later because the sun was out.") , and after mulling it over has said something like "alright. I'll let you off this once, now piss off and don't let me catch you again." ... hence why I reckon his grumpy attitude has an element of forgiving to it.

(3) The third woman is basically giving somebody the "stink eye" ... but it's not obvious why.
She's supposed to be "cruel" ... but ehhh I don't think that one was easy to guess at all.

(5) The "overjoyed" woman looking f*cking insane.... but there was no "f*cking insane" option, so I went with "overjoyed" instead.

(9) The forgiving guy could have been looking sociable to me, rather than forgiving.

(10) The "unfriendly" girl really doesn't look very unfriendly to me at all. I just started to guess this one semi-randomly after I got it wrong because to me she looks unconcerned, and there wasn't an option for that... or defiant, which was wrong.
She looks like she's being nagged about something petty by a teacher who she doesn't think much of, and is looking at somebody else while thinking something like "blah blah blah pfffsh, whatever dude" about the nagging.

(12) The 'aggressive' guy looks like he's watching a football match involving a team about whom he feels passionate. Something not so great happened to his team during the match (hence his teeth clenching) , but he seems like he is avidly following what transpires. He doesn't look aggressive to me, just keenly involved in watching something.

(13) The "sociable" woman truly does seem like she's expecting something.... a reply, perhaps.

(15) It wasn't clear what the "begging" guy was supposed to look like because of him gurning.

(17) The "sad" guy really does look bummed out... so I said that he was despairing.
The two emotions are very similar (despair being effectively a more profound version of sadness to a great extent), so I think his expression could show either.

(18 ) I'm not sure what the hell is wrong with that "adoring" bloke's neck, but I could accept that he looks adoring rather than simply sociable.




Ultimately, I agree with others here that the acting is in many cases pretty bad.... and the results of people who have AS regarding this test would only be indicative of anything in comparison to the results of NTs. I suspect that NTs would get a considerable number of these wrong as well.

With most of those faces, I either take an instant disliking to them, or not trust them in the slightest. That's the feeling I got.

The ones I recognised, I know they were exagerated. The rest send alarm signals to me.

Oh, I got 5 correct.

I got very few right on the first try and several of them I had to guess at least 5 times. Either these people are bad actors, or I'm much worse at reading faces than I thought I was.

I thought a lot of them just looked kind of stupid. But I have seen people make faces like that IRL. They just look weird because they are isolated.

i did ok

Was I the only one slightly creeped out while taking this test?

Some of those faces were just creepy!

Anyway, I did pretty bad... Particularly on the third one.

I think I got about 3 right on the first try, about 3 more after clicking on 3 or more options that seemed possible, and the rest I never did guess/figure out. I wish it kept count for me. I didn't think to count how many I got right because I thought it would score it for me, and take into account the fact that I needed multiple tries on most of the faces.