EQ and AQ Test (Reflection)

One of the most significant and most essential adventures in our lives is finding and discovering who we are. To truly know yourself is a gift and a special skill that anyone can ever possess. When you know your true self, you don’t have to seek other’s approval, since you already know what you ought to do. It may sound like a self-centered goal to find yourself, but it is an unselfish process. Once you know who you are, you’ll become more confident, and you will understand your real purpose in life, and you will now start making a significant impact in the world. Another way of discovering yourself is by taking any type of examination that will measure yourself and identify what kind of personality you have.

After our class discussion, our facilitator assigned us to take an Emotional Quotient Test (EQ Test) and Adversity Quotient Test (AQ Test) to assess and discover some unknown traits that we have in ourselves.

          Emotional Quotient Test (EQ Test)

                   What is an Emotional Quotient Test (EQ Test)?

An Emotional quotient test (EQ test), is a type of self-assessment examination that measures the capability of an individuals to recognize their own emotions and those of others, discern between different feelings and label them appropriately, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, and manage or adjust emotions to adapt to environments or achieve one's goals.

I took the Emotional Quotient Test (EQ Test) first since there’s a lot of available EQ Test to choose from the internet. I took the Emotional Quotient Test (EQ Test) on this website https://memorado.com/emotional_quotient. The test consists of fifteen (15) questions. There are two different images that are flashed in the screen for each item from items 1 – 6; then you have to choose between the two images which soothe your answer for a particular question. While the remaining nine (9) questions involve sets of questions which has four options to choose from, these options are: “This is not me at all,” “This is a bit like me,” “This is a lot like me,” “This is always like me.” The test took 2 – 3 minutes since it only has fifteen (15) questions. Then after I finished the test, the result pops at the screen. I took a screenshot of my result to prove that I really took the test and here are the images of my test result. 

What does the result mean?

As you can see at the screenshot, I got a total score of 133 which means my EQ result is in the top 10%. Then my Emotional Type is AEDW.

If you get an AEDW result, it means you can easily deal with your emotions and personality. Sometimes you don’t always give yourself enough credit, and sometimes you underestimate yourself, but you can quickly find your confidence back. You trust your judgments, and you do not let others influence you.

People with AEDW emotional type have outstanding skills. They are usually excellent listeners and take an active interest in other concerns. They can quickly spot a change of behavior and have a great intuition about people's mood and intention. Because they get anyone's feeling so good, they recognize people's need exceptionally well and are the best at fulfilling their obligations (particularly when it comes to meet customer's requirement). They are generally flexible and low-key. They can adapt to a different type of social organization, understanding the hierarchy and the relationships between the members of any social group very quickly. Their skills allow them to fit corporate organization very easily; they may enjoy it or not. They struggle to deal with the rushes of emotion, but most of the time they keep their control over their impulses. They smartly perceive events and adapt themselves quite quickly to new situations. They can take the initiative but will rarely try to reach higher goals than the ones initially set up. They can both work in a team and individually. They build bond quickly with people though they do not always find it easy to deal with conflicts and everyone's will.

Adversity Quotient Test (AQ Test)

          What is an Adversity Quotient Test (AQ Test)?

An adversity quotient test (AQ test) is a self-assessment examination that measures the ability of a person to deal with adversities in life. This test is commonly known as the science of resilience. This test will determine how you respond to life, especially the tough stuff. The more resilient you are, the more successful you react to life’s challenges, and the more fulfilling life becomes.

When I got my Emotional Quotient Test (EQ test) result, I immediately search for an Adversity Quotient Test on the internet, but unlike the Emotional Quotient Test (EQ Test) there are only a few available Adversity Quotient tests (AQ test), and luckily I found one AQ test  in this website  http://www.winstonbrill.com/bril001/html/article_index/articles/501-550/article517_body.html

The Adversity Quotient Test that I took contains twenty questions. You have to rate each item from 1 to 5. Once you are done answering the test, you can now tally your test result by inserting each choice you chose on the corresponding item’s number. The test has a four-division which are C= Control, O= Ownership, R= Reach and E= Endurance. Each division has its total score. After getting the sum of each division you will now add all the division’s result, and then multiply the total sum by 2 to get the ARP.

My Adversity Quotient Test (AQ test) result

 What does the result mean?

           

 I only got 120 points in my Adversity Quotient test. My result indicates that I’m below average since the average ARP score is 147.5. It just shows that I need to improve myself more to make myself more resilient and stronger in facing hardships in life.  

 One thing that I’ve learned while taking these tests is that never compare the results you have with the result of others because we are not the same and each of us has our own unique identity. Yes, I do have a lower result on the AQ test, but the result that I got will serve as a guide in making myself better.