Multifaceted Empathy Test.
MET
Cognitive empathy (inferring the mental state in a photographed person) and emotional empathy (self-rated concern for and arousal by that person), measured separately in one task.
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- ~40 photographs (versions differ; a 24-item short form is in use). performance multiple-choice for the cognitive scale plus 9-pt self-ratings for the emotional scales (performance/ability test)
- Language versions
- ~15 languages; the photographic stimuli are largely language-independent, so adaptation is mostly of the response options
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Dziobek, I., Rogers, K., Fleck, S., Bahnemann, M., Heekeren, H. R., Wolf, O. T., & Convit, A. (2008). Dissociation of cognitive and emotional empathy in adults with Asperger syndrome using the MET. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(3), 464-473.
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