Thursday, August 02, 2007

social autism test

Yeah, yet another weird and likely useless psych test. But this one's more than just a personality thing. Anyway, I found the link to
this test on Vox's site. It's a (very informal) test to determine "AQ", which is an indicator for Asperger's Syndrome, or social autism. So...
The test assesses five different areas. Autistic-like responses will show poor social skill, attention switching, communication and imagination, and an exaggerated attention to detail. In other words, geekiness. You scored 31. The ranking below provides some idea of where that AQ fits in.
According to the test page, average scores are 18 for men, 21 for computer scientists, and 24 for math contest winners. A score of 32 is "generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism" and scores of 34 or higher indicate an "extreme" AQ. The max is 50.

So I scored as high as possible without falling into the group that actually has whatever that disorder is. In other words, I'm nerdy, crappy at social stuff, and have an obsessive attention to detail, but just barely not enough to be diagnosed with something for it. Okay...that could be the most unenlightening and predictable test I've ever taken.

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