Re: Mensa--a positive word

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Aug 12 1999 - 08:19:04 MDT


"Elizabeth Childs" <echilds@linex.com> writes:

> If all the the EQ tests look like the one below, then it would be pretty
> easy for someone with a high IQ to score well on this test, even if they had
> no social skills at all:
>
> http://www.queendom.com/eiq.html

It looks somewhat different from other tests I have seen, so I
question the generalisability. Also, at least the questions about how
to handle different situations are highly dependent on exactly how you
think and act, and likely contain serious biases based on the
test-creator's views, social norms etc. Tests may measure more how
well you conform to some social standard for being a pleasant person
rather than real emotional intelligence.

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