Empathy Quotient (EQ)

scale: agree
- Strongly agree
- Slightly agree
- Slightly disagree
- Strongly disagree


l: EQ_BLOCK1
q: Below is a list of 10 statements (out of a total of 40). Please read each statement very<br>
carefully and rate how strongly you agree or disagree with it.<br>
There are no right or wrong answers, or trick questions.<br>
t: scale agree
- {score=2/1/0/0} I can easily tell if someone else wants to enter a conversation.
- {score=0/0/1/2} I find it difficult to explain to others things that I understand easily, when they don't understand it first time.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I really enjoy caring for other people.
- {score=0/0/1/2} I find it hard to know what to do in a social situation.
- {score=0/0/1/2} People often tell me that I went too far in driving my point home in a discussion.
- {score=0/0/1/2} It doesn't bother me too much if I am late meeting a friend.
- {score=0/0/1/2} Friendships and relationships are just too difficult, so I tend not to bother with them.
- {score=0/0/1/2} I often find it difficult to judge if something is rude or polite.
- {score=0/0/1/2} In a conversation, I tend to focus on my own thoughts rather than on what my listener might be thinking.
- {score=0/0/1/2} When I was a child, I enjoyed cutting up worms to see what would happen.

l: EQ_BLOCK2
q: Below is a list of 10 statements (out of a total of 40). Please read each statement very<br>
carefully and rate how strongly you agree or disagree with it.<br>
There are no right or wrong answers, or trick questions.<br>
t: scale agree
- {score=2/1/0/0} I can pick up quickly if someone says one thing but means another.
- {score=0/0/1/2} It is hard for me to see why some things upset people so much.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I find it easy to put myself in somebody else's shoes.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I am good at predicting how someone will feel.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I am quick to spot when someone in a group is feeling awkward or uncomfortable.
- {score=0/0/1/2} If I say something that someone else is offended by, I think that that's their problem, not mine.
- {score=0/0/1/2} If anyone asked me if I liked their haircut, I would reply truthfully, even if I didn't like it.
- {score=0/0/1/2} I can't always see why someone should have felt offended by a remark.
- {score=0/0/1/2} Seeing people cry doesn't really upset me.
- {score=0/0/1/2} I am very blunt, which some people take to be rudeness, even though this is unintentional.

l: EQ_BLOCK3
q: Below is a list of 10 statements (out of a total of 40). Please read each statement very<br>
carefully and rate how strongly you agree or disagree with it.<br>
There are no right or wrong answers, or trick questions.<br>
t: scale agree
- {score=2/1/0/0} I don’t tend to find social situations confusing.
- {score=2/1/0/0} Other people tell me I am good at understanding how they are feeling and what they are thinking.
- {score=2/1/0/0} When I talk to people, I tend to talk about their experiences rather than my own.
- {score=2/1/0/0} It upsets me to see an animal in pain.
- {score=0/0/1/2} I am able to make decisions without being influenced by people's feelings.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I can easily tell if someone else is interested or bored with what I am saying.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I get upset if I see people suffering on news programmes.
- {score=2/1/0/0} Friends usually talk to me about their problems as they say that I am very understanding.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I can sense if I am intruding, even if the other person doesn't tell me.
- {score=0/0/1/2} People sometimes tell me that I have gone too far with teasing.

l: EQ_BLOCK4
q: Below is a list of 10 statements (out of a total of 40). Please read each statement very<br>
carefully and rate how strongly you agree or disagree with it.<br>
There are no right or wrong answers, or trick questions.<br>
t: scale agree
- {score=0/0/1/2} Other people often say that I am insensitive, though I don’t always see why.
- {score=0/0/1/2} If I see a stranger in a group, I think that it is up to them to make an effort to join in.
- {score=0/0/1/2} I usually stay emotionally detached when watching a film.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I can tune into how someone else feels rapidly and intuitively.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I can easily work out what another person might want to talk about.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I can tell if someone is masking their true emotion.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I don't consciously work out the rules of social situations.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I am good at predicting what someone will do.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I tend to get emotionally involved with a friend's problems.
- {score=2/1/0/0} I can usually appreciate the other person's viewpoint, even if I don't agree with it.

l: SCORE_EQ
t: set
- sum EQ_BLOCK*

l: feedback
t: info
q: Your empathy quotient (EQ) is {$SCORE_EQ} <br>
This score is on a range from 0 (low level of empathy) to 80 (high level of empathy)<br>