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Empathy Test

How deeply do you connect with others' emotions? Measure your capacity for empathy, compassion and perspective-taking.

Before you begin

✓ Read each question carefully and answer honestly
✓ Take your time — accuracy matters more than speed
✓ The following statements describe how you typically feel and think in relation to other people. Rate how well each statement describes you in general.

⏰ 7 minutes 📋 20 questions 🔒 Private & anonymous

Question 1 of 20

I try to look at things from the other person's point of view before forming an opinion

Question 2 of 20

When I am upset with someone, I usually try to put myself in their shoes for a while

Question 3 of 20

Before criticising someone, I try to imagine how things would look from their perspective

Question 4 of 20

If I am sure I am right about something, I do not waste time listening to other people's arguments

Question 5 of 20

I believe that there are two sides to every question and try to consider both

Question 6 of 20

I often have tender, concerned feelings for people who are less fortunate than me

Question 7 of 20

When I see someone being taken advantage of, I feel protective towards them

Question 8 of 20

I would describe myself as a pretty soft-hearted person

Question 9 of 20

Sometimes I do not feel very sorry for other people when they are having problems

Question 10 of 20

Other people's misfortunes often disturb me quite a bit

Question 11 of 20

In emergency situations, I feel apprehensive and ill-at-ease

Question 12 of 20

Being in a tense emotional situation scares me

Question 13 of 20

When I see someone who badly needs help in an emergency, I go to pieces

Question 14 of 20

I sometimes feel helpless when I am in the middle of a very emotional situation

Question 15 of 20

When I watch a good film, I can easily put myself in the place of a lead character

Question 16 of 20

I really get involved with the feelings of the characters in a novel

Question 17 of 20

When I watch a film or play, I become very absorbed in the characters

Question 18 of 20

After seeing a play or film, I have felt as though I were one of the characters

Question 19 of 20

I daydream and fantasise, with some regularity, about things that might happen to me

Question 20 of 20

When I read an interesting story or novel, I imagine how I would feel if the events in the story were happening to me

✓

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