h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Anybody up for an emotional intelligence test?

There has been some talk (h2g2)of intelligence and interpeting others levels by various means so I thought this might be interesting.

http://www.pz.harvard.edu/sumit/MISUMIT.HTM
The theory of multiple intelligence.

http://www.utne.com/interact/test_iq.html
Importance of emotional intelligence.

http://www.utne.com/interact/eiq.html
The online interactive test.

well I got 140, slightly above average, but not enough I demand a recount! Especially in florida, where I'm sure the postal answers will get me to 210 (at least).

Seriously though, interesting experiment.

Well, although I don't quite believe it, I got 160...hmm, yes interesting.

Snap, tone.

140 too. I knew I'd lose points saying I'd look for another job on the salesperson question, but I can't imagine me having the job in the first place, so quiting seemed like an excellent thing to do

I think I had a 140 also, I'd have to look at it again to be sure.

It was a bit odd being work related since it has been a long time since I worked!

I got 140! I disagree with the test about some of the answers. I think emotional intelligence is a too complicated 'thing' for there to be such clearly-cut 'answers' as to what is really the 'right' thing to do in a certain situation.

I had 145. Seems like our scores are fairly similar, which doesn't surprise me. I will admit that knowing the "right" thing to do in a given situation, and actually *doing* it are quite often two different things, at least in my case. And I agree with Willem, sometimes things are a bit more ambiguous than the answers one had to choose from there.

Interesting test and articles though!

Hi gang

It seems a little contrary to the idea of emotional intelligence itself, to have a test which you can be 'rated' on; but that may well be sour grapes from me, as I scored 120 but I thought I'd join in with an article I've just read (well, tried to ) that could be of interest here.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1147391,00.html

Have a good weekend all

Well, i can beat you all, i got 65!!!But i console myself with the fact that i am thinking laterally & am capable of arguing myself out of dangerous situations (so far) by getting inside the head of the agressor.

Not enough choices in this test(to the tune of Tina Turner's "Not enough romance in this world")

Below are the questions, my results & excuses:

THE QUESTIONS


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You're on an airplane that suddenly hits extremely bad turbulence and begins rocking from side to side. What do you do?
a. Continue to read your book or magazine, or watch the movie, paying little attention to the turbulence.
b. Become vigilant for an emergency, carefully monitoring the stewardesses and reading the emergency instructions card. i chose this, i am constantly prepared for disaster.
c. A little of both a and b.
d. Not sure -- never noticed.

You've taken a group of 4-year-olds to the park, and one of them starts crying because the others won't play with her. What do you do?
a. Stay out of it -- let the kids deal with it on their own.
b. Talk to her and help her figure out ways to get the other kids to play with her.
c. Tell her in a kind voice not to cry.
d. Try to distract the crying girl by showing her some other things she could play with.maybe she is a natural loner, who needs to find other ways to get satisfaction than socialising?

Assume you're a college student who had hoped to get an A in a course, but you have just found out you got a C- on the midterm. What do you do?
a. Sketch out a specific plan for ways to improve your grade and resolve to follow through on your plans.
b. Resolve to do better in the future.
c. Tell yourself it really doesn't matter much how you do in the course, and concentrate instead on other classes where your grades are higher. closest to my real response, which would be to drop out of the whole business; getting a C in any part of it would tell me i am in the wrong place. Or possibly canvass other students, if there is a high proportion of failures, protest loudly to the powers that be that something is wrong with the grading system
d. Go to see the professor and try to talk her into giving you a better grade.

Imagine you're an insurance salesman calling prospective clients. Fifteen people in a row have hung up on you, and you're getting discouraged. What do you do?
a. Call it a day and hope you have better luck tomorrow.
b. Assess qualities in yourself that may be undermining your ability to make a sale.
c. Try something new in the next call, and keep plugging away.
d. Consider another line of work.or investigate why the company is giving you difficult cold calls, go to the management & suggest a way of improving success rate in general

You're a manager in an organization that is trying to encourage respect for racial and ethnic diversity. You overhear someone telling a racist joke. What do you do?
a. Ignore it -- it's only a joke.
b. Call the person into your office for a reprimand.
c. Speak up on the spot, saying that such jokes are inappropriate and will not be tolerated in your organization.but with the proviso that it's wrong in general,and certainly if it could be construed to be company policy,but knowing that sometimes such jokes are necessary to defuse over politically correctness, especially if the person making them is also the supposed target victim, ie: remember abbi's modding for the term sp****c?
d. Suggest to the person telling the joke he go through a diversity training program.

You're trying to calm down a friend who has worked himself up into a fury at a driver in another car who has cut dangerously close in front of him. What do you do?
a. Tell him to forget it -- he's okay now and it's no big deal.
b. Put on one of his favorite tapes and try to distract him.
c. Join him in putting down the other driver, as a show of rapport.whatever is the most effective means of keeping the driver happy & yourself alive until the first opportunity to escape from him!Try to avoid psycopathic drivers in the first place!
d. Tell him about a time something like this happened to you and how you felt as mad as he does now, but then you saw the other driver was on the way to a hospital emergency room.

You and your life partner have gotten into an argument that has escalated into a shouting match; you're both upset and, in the heat of anger, making personal attacks you don't really mean. What's the best thing to do?
a. Take a 20-minute break and then continue the discussion.
b. Just stop the argument -- go silent, no matter what your partner says.my true response; and totally wrong.Then spend the next few years contemplating the question "what the hell is a life partner? Fellow inmate?
c. Say you're sorry and ask your partner to apologize, too.
d. Stop for a moment, collect your thoughts, then state your side of the case as precisely as you can.

You've been assigned to head a working team that is trying to come up with a creative solution to a nagging problem at work. What's the first thing you do?
a. Draw up an agenda and allot time for discussion of each item so you make best use of your time together.
b. Have people take the time to get to know each other better.
c. Begin by asking each person for ideas about how to solve the problem, while the ideas are fresh.
d. Start out with a brainstorming session, encouraging everyone to say whatever comes to mind, no matter how wild.define the problem. WHO is nagging & why?

Your 3-year-old son is extremely timid, and has been hypersensitive about -- and a bit fearful of -- new places and people virtually since he was born. What do you do?
a. Accept that he has a shy temperament and think of ways to shelter him from situations that would upset him.
b. Take him to a child psychiatrist for help.
c. Purposely expose him to lots of new people and places so he can get over his fear.
d. Engineer an ongoing series of challenging but manageable experiences that will teach him he can handle new people and places.but ask HIS opinion as to what is manageable, maybe he knows that timidity is useful in some circumstances!Sometimes labelled caution & applauded!

For years you've been wanting to get back to learning to play a musical instrument you tried in childhood, and now, just for fun, you've finally gotten around to starting. You want to make the most effective use of your time. What do you do?
a. Hold yourself to a strict practice time each day.
b. Choose pieces that stretch your abilities a bit.
c. Practice only when you're really in the mood."just for fun" means just that!
d. Pick pieces that are far beyond your ability, but that you can master with diligent effort.

--For my next trick, i will publish a book entitled "How to fail pop psychology tests without even trying"

( But you will note, i did it nonetheless!)

Terri

I disagreed with at least one of the answers too Willem!
I wonder if it is the sameone?

One I answered what I would do rather than what I figured they were going for as a correct answer.

I do agree with the theory that it's an important type of intellegence. Also that a higher one could make a life likely to be filled with less external conflict.

I am not sure about lessening internal conflict if you were to score 200!

Sometimes I think knowing the *right* thing to do causes more internal conflict! At least for me it does, anyway.

I was surprised I got such a high score, people are always telling me how unstable and immature I am.

Terri, thanks for actually sharing your answers to the questions. I wish I'd thought of doing that!

*waves at fellow "immature & unstable persons"*

I always do really "badly" on these things, usually because i am brutally honest in my answers, despite realising what the "proper" response should be!

part of my college course was designing questionnaires, so i know most of the tricks!(oh, how i LOVE that smiley!)

zdt

ps: Psychocandy: i am at P's at the moment, can be reached by mobile, but wouldn't want to phone USA on his phone, so best to phone later tonight, after i return home. It would be very, very good to squeak to you, need to discuss some "survivor" type stuff. Abbi knows via email what i mean, but discretion necessary on a public forum.

Terri, I will try you around 7 or 8 your time. Hope you're having fun at P's. He sounds like such a wonderful person!

Thank you abbi for giving us that emotional intelligence test.

I did it - and oh dear I only got 120. I am not too botheredd. buyt certainly got 0 about howq to settle a marital quarrel. No wonder I had so many husbands!!
It was very intresting doing it although I did not obviously agree with all the answers - obviously!! But I understood their little bits of advice which they gave you. I also copied down the Guardian article but have not had time to read it yet. Lots of visitors for lunch today. And a jolly untidy kitchen to tidy up.

sleep tight.
Much affectiona

Also Ran1

Right AR1
Marriage or any close relationship is an intense testing ground!

For one thing at work it's a bit easier and safer to put someone on ignore and survive the job. That does not work with marriages or children.

I hope you enjoyed your visitors AR1

*intrigued that AR1 also had multiple marriages; i thought it was just me*!!!

maybe i can score highly on this one: can any of you beat 3 yet?

zdt

*waves at krispy, haven't seen you online for a while, but know you have limited internet access, good to see you!*

to Terri for welcoming Krispy back. He's been gone awhile, but look, he's showing his handsome face again!

I haven't had multiple marriages, but have had one *really* bad one one prior to meeting Krispy. I think he's a bit nervous that I enjoyed being single so much. But I see ti this way- having a partner is so much MORE than having just *someone*.... do you girls know what I mean bu that?

SHIT!

I simply cannot type comprehensibly when I'm tired.

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