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27 Jun 2012, 10:43 am

Alright, got them:

Autism Spectrum Quotient - 37, autism cutoff 32
Levensen's Self-Report Psychopathy Scale - 52, psychopathy cutoff 58
Sensation-Seeking Scale - 12, population average 15-16



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27 Jun 2012, 8:42 pm

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But, it will take a little time because I think the test is being graded manually which is quite time consuming.


Yep, I'm grading it manually.



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27 Jun 2012, 9:17 pm

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I figured I'd give the test a try but the meaning of the vocabulary used in the self-report psychopathy scale eludes me.

Caring? Like, emotionally? Or meaning taking into consideration because it's fun to? Same with concerned. Obviously everything that I think about concerns me or I wouldn't bother to think about it but I know there is emotional concern too which is completely different.

Ah, I'm a nightmare with tests like that.
Rule of thumb for me: If they don't specify cognitive or emotional, I assume either one counts.


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04 Jul 2012, 11:14 am

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Caring? Like, emotionally? Or meaning taking into consideration because it's fun to? Same with concerned. Obviously everything that I think about concerns me or I wouldn't bother to think about it but I know there is emotional concern too which is completely different.


The self-report psychopathy scale is asking about emotional caring and concern.

This reminds me - someone really should do some studies into how literalism affects self-report assessments. Are some AS scale items distinguishing between AS and NT not because AS people are actually behaving differently, but because they're interpreting the question differently?



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05 Jul 2012, 10:22 am

Here are your results:

Autism Spectrum Quotient - 42-43, autism cutoff 32 (you left one question blank) OMG I did?
Levenson's Self-Report Psychopathy Scale - 11, psychopathy cutoff 58
Sensation Seeking Scale - 7, population average 15-16

I do not understand the results at all.
It says autism is cutoff 32 and I got a 42-43. So is it saying that I do not have autism? That be cool with me. :D


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05 Jul 2012, 10:42 am

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It says autism is cutoff 32 and I got a 42-43. So is it saying that I do not have autism? That be cool with me.


No, higher scores mean more autistic. Same with the psychopathy scale.

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(you left one question blank) OMG I did?


43. I like to plan any activities I participate in carefully.
Definitely agree
Slightly agree
Slightly disagree
Definitely disagree

It's not a big deal, sometimes people don't spot some of the questions. I gave you the range of scores you could have gotten if you'd answered that question.



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05 Jul 2012, 1:27 pm

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43. I like to plan any activities I participate in carefully.
Definitely agree
Slightly agree
Slightly disagree
Definitely disagree

It's not a big deal, sometimes people don't spot some of the questions. I gave you the range of scores you could have gotten if you'd answered that question.


Definitely agree.


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05 Jul 2012, 1:59 pm

Done, looking forward to hearing the results!



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05 Jul 2012, 3:48 pm

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Hello. My name is Rascal. I am an aspie and a psychopath. I have found great joy in torturing people with 2 hour dissertations on my special interests since I was a child. It started with lecturing puppies on baseball cards when I was 7 and has evolved into torturing people with unsolicited lectures on numbers and arithmetic. I've tried to be good but every time I hear a victim plead, "please God make it stop, the numbers are killing me!" it just makes me want to do it again and again.

P.S. And again.

:lol: Awesome.


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05 Jul 2012, 8:01 pm

Ettina wrote:
This reminds me - someone really should do some studies into how literalism affects self-report assessments. Are some AS scale items distinguishing between AS and NT not because AS people are actually behaving differently, but because they're interpreting the question differently?


I think I made a comment to this effect at the bottom of a test page. I find these tests extremely difficult because I could answer with either agree or disagree based on the particular circumstances I'm in. My guess is that most people would established a context based on social rules while I'm stuck trying to figure out what context to use for my answer. I just can't decide and it feels like whatever choice I make is a coin toss. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people on WP are like this.



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06 Jul 2012, 8:26 am

Autism Spectrum Quotient - 28, autism cutoff 32
Levensen's Self-Report Psychopathy Scale - 28, psychopathy cutoff 58
Sensation-Seeking Scale - 10, population average 15-16

Okay so from what I gather I don't have major autistic traits but I have more traits than the average person. I don't really know about the psychopathy scale, it's kind of in between.

Anyway, cool test and thanks for taking the time to give us back our results. :)



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08 Jul 2012, 11:01 am

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Okay so from what I gather I don't have major autistic traits but I have more traits than the average person.


According to this study you might simply be underestimating your autistic traits. I mean, this test asks a person with poor social skills to judge the level of their own social skills. Many of us, if we knew what we were doing wrong, we wouldn't be doing it.

Sometime I want to make an AS scale that measures only things you could most easily observe about yourself, not someone else.



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08 Jul 2012, 2:02 pm

Rascal77s wrote:
Hello. My name is Rascal. I am an aspie and a psychopath. I have found great joy in torturing people with 2 hour dissertations on my special interests since I was a child. It started with lecturing puppies on baseball cards when I was 7 and has evolved into torturing people with unsolicited lectures on numbers and arithmetic. I've tried to be good but every time I hear a victim plead, "please God make it stop, the numbers are killing me!" it just makes me want to do it again and again.

P.S. And again.


Thank you for that! ROFL!



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08 Jul 2012, 2:07 pm

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I'm wondering if that results in different characteristics than either ]


Obviously. They are not the same condition. X-I



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08 Jul 2012, 2:16 pm

Ettina wrote:
This reminds me - someone really should do some studies into how literalism affects self-report assessments. Are some AS scale items distinguishing between AS and NT not because AS people are actually behaving differently, but because they're interpreting the question differently?


I would be surprised if that is not the case. In my "in-between" state of being, I have found it difficult to answer many questions on self-report tests. When I ask others about it, they accuse me of "reading too much into it." Even when filling out the endless piles of assessments for my kids, I often feel like I can't answer the question because I don't know what they are asking. Like if they use the word "impaired," by whose standards? Compared to "normal"? What is "normal"? Does it mean "below normal," or "unable to function"?

I drive my boss crazy with stuff like this. I will get hung up on various possible interpretations of a single word in a sentence and sometimes I have a difficult time getting past it.



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11 Jul 2012, 6:35 pm

Question is, how best to assess this interpretation difference?

I'll have to ponder this...