Measure Your Social Intelligence
An interesting psychological test!
I recently came across an interesting psychological test while reading a book, which measures how well you can understand other people’s emotions just by looking at their eyes. It’s called the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET, or eyes test for short). The ability to read other people’s emotions has been linked to overall social intelligence, which, when higher, leads to better cooperation in teams and more empathic understanding. What is interesting about this test is that it shows how easy it is to misjudge people.
The test was developed by Simon Baron-Cohen, a psychologist at the University of Cambridge, as part of his research on autism. It shows 36 images, each paired with 4 emotions, and the test taker has to choose the one that best describes the person’s emotion. Below is one example that tricked me (I won’t give you the answer, in case you’d like to take the test yourself).
If you are curious about how you would score, here is the link to the test: Social Intelligence Test. You’ll need to fill out a short questionnaire first, but it’s worth it — the whole thing won’t take more than 20 minutes.
The average adult scores 26, with women scoring slightly higher on average which I guess is expected. Here are the results in case you want to compare with your own:
