Harvard EQ Test: Out of 200, what is your score?

Daniel Goleman, a famous Harvard psychology doctor, wants to help everyone better understand their own emotional impression of EQ. Let's take a look at the following test.

Harvard emotional intelligence test questions

1. When you are on an airplane, you are suddenly hit by a strong vibration and begin to sway left and right with the fuselage. What would you do at this time?

A. Continue reading a book or magazine, or continue watching a movie, not paying much attention to the riots that are happening. B. Pay attention to the changes in the situation, listen carefully to the announcer's broadcast, and look up the emergency handbook in case of an emergency. C. A little bit of both A and B. D. Not sure - didn't pay any attention at all.

2. I took a group of 4-year-old children to the park, and one of them started crying because no one else wanted to play with him. What should you do at this time?
A. Stay out of it - let the children deal with it themselvesB. Talk to the child and help her think of a solutionC. Gently tell her not to cryD. Find a way to distract the child and give her something else to play with

3. Suppose you are a college student who wants to get an A in a course, but you only get a passing grade on the exam. What should you do at this time?
A. Make a detailed study plan and resolve to follow itB. Resolve to study hard in the futureC. Tell yourself that it is no big deal if you do not do well in this course and focus on other courses where you may do wellD. Visit the professor and try to get him to give you a higher grade

4. Suppose you are an insurance salesman and go to visit some people who have the potential to become your customers. But fifteen people in a row just gave you perfunctory responses and didn't make a clear statement, and you became very disappointed. What would you do at this time?
A. Think that this is just one day's experience and hope for better luck tomorrow. B. Consider whether you are suitable to be a salesperson. C. Try harder on the next visit and keep working diligently. D. Consider trying to win other customers.

5. You are a manager who advocates against racial discrimination in the company. One day you overhear someone making a racial joke. What would you do?
A. Ignore it - it's just a joke. B. Call the man to the office and give him a severe reprimand. C. Tell him loudly on the spot that this kind of joke is inappropriate and will not be tolerated in your place. D. Suggest the person who made the joke to attend a training course on anti-racial discrimination.

6. Your friend is driving and someone else's car suddenly cuts in dangerously in front of you. Your friend gets furious and you try to calm him down. What would you do?
A. Tell him to forget it - it's okay now, it's not a big deal. B. Play a tape he likes to distract him. C. Blame the driver together to show that you are on his side. D. Tell him that you had the same experience and you were also furious, but later you saw the driver get into an accident and was sent to the emergency room of the hospital.

7. You and your partner get into an argument and argue violently; in the heat of the moment, you both resort to personal attacks on each other, even though you don’t really mean to do so. What's the best thing to do at this time?
A. Stop arguing for 20 minutes and then continue arguingB. Stop arguing…remain silent, no matter what the other person saysC. Say sorry to the other person and ask him or her to apologize to youD. Stop for a moment, collect your thoughts, and then state your position as clearly as possible

8. You are assigned to be a leader in a unit and want to come up with some good ways to solve difficult problems at work. At this time, what is the first thing you should do?
A. draw up an agenda to make the most of the time you have with everyone. B. give people time to get to know each other. C. let everyone voice their ideas about how to solve the problem. D. use a creative voice format that encourages everyone to voice whatever idea comes into their head at the moment, no matter how crazy it is.

9. Your 3-year-old son is very timid. In fact, he has been somewhat nervous or fearful of strange places and strangers since he was born. What should you do?
A. Accept the fact that he is shy and find ways to get him away from situations that make him feel uncomfortable. B. Take him to a child psychiatrist for help. C. Purposefully let him come into contact with many people at once and take him to various unfamiliar places to overcome his fear. D. Design a series of progressive challenges, each of which is relatively easy to deal with, so that he gradually understands that he can cope with unfamiliar people and unfamiliar places.

10. For many years you have wanted to relearn a musical instrument that you learned as a child, and now you are starting to learn it again just for fun. You want to use your time most effectively. What should you do?
A. Practice rigorously every dayB. Choose targeted songs that can slightly expand your abilitiesC. Practice only when you feel like itD. Practice songs that are far beyond your abilities but can be mastered through hard work