Description
Competitive-distrusting disposition
Default mode is suspecting others and securing personal advantage.
World approached with strategic caution about others' motives.
Value placed on power, self-interest, and hierarchy.
Rivalry and scorn.
General meaning
Competition toward personal dominance
Intellectual Level
Axial construing
Social Level
Power seizure and retention
Psychological level
Aggressor-victim value complex
Need to dominate the weak or submit to the dominant
Physical Level
Seizing, forcing, pain-enduring
Spectrum Clusters
The characteristic factors
# ID | Cluster Description |
|---|---|
1 | Selfishness and disregard for others |
2 | Malevolence, cynicism, and vindictiveness |
3 | Preference for risk, competition, and high-stakes environments |
4 | Willingness to endure unpleasant or painful sensations |
5 | Cunning, intrigue, and machiavellianism |
6 | Nationalism, xenophobia, and parochialism |
7 | Aloofness, aversion to physical affection, and low attachment |
8 | Emotional immunity and indifference to others' feelings |
9 | Distrustfulness and suspicion |
10 | Low suggestibility and resistance to influence |
11 | Preference for black; dislike of yellow |
12 | Preference for spicy food |
13 | Focus on big picture; ignoring small details |
14 | Disinterest in or aversion to nature and greenery |
Selfishness and disregard for others
Malevolence, cynicism, and vindictiveness
Preference for risk, competition, and high-stakes environments
Willingness to endure unpleasant or painful sensations
Cunning, intrigue, and machiavellianism
Nationalism, xenophobia, and parochialism
Aloofness, aversion to physical affection, and low attachment
Emotional immunity and indifference to others' feelings
Distrustfulness and suspicion
Low suggestibility and resistance to influence
Preference for black; dislike of yellow
Preference for spicy food
Focus on big picture; ignoring small details
Disinterest in or aversion to nature and greenery