Valued E + L

Unvalued P + R

Description

Passionate-collective devotion

Valued emotional intensity and absolute principles.

Life animated by grand ideals and transcendent belonging.

Meaning found in causes larger than oneself.

Passionate commitment toward suprapersonal values.

General Meaning

Living for ideals beyond self-interest

Intellectual Level

Non-pragmatic pursuit of absolute truths, ideological conviction

Social Level

Mass movements, collective mobilization toward grand, often radical ideals

Psychological Level

Strong, passionate emotions

Physical Level

Increased appetite for intense stimulation

Spectrum Clusters

The characteristic factors

1
Cluster Description

Passion and idealism versus pragmatism

2
Cluster Description

Emotional contrast and striving for heroic intensity

3
Cluster Description

Principle/theory over benefit, expediency, and practice

4
Cluster Description

Emotional strength (intense emotional life vs calm stability)

5
Cluster Description

Radicalism versus moderation/compromise

6
Cluster Description

Militaristic/hierarchical orientation versus egalitarian/peaceful values

7
Cluster Description

Focus on the general/whole over the particular/individual

8
Cluster Description

Importance of systematic, structured knowledge and truth-seeking

9
Cluster Description

Low consideration of others' interests

10
Cluster Description

Verbal/linguistic retrieval and speech-center efficiency (speech slips)

11
Cluster Description

Higher truths and intuition over practical benefit

12
Cluster Description

Miscellaneous physiological and interpersonal sensitivity indicators