Description
(-) Negative evaluative orientation
Detecting what's bad, absent, flawed: "What is broken here?"
Attention drawn to what deviates, falls short, or is missing.
Default expectation of problems.
Cautious and vigilant baseline.
Accumulation of problems along Repulsion functions. Instrumental problem-solving along Fusion.
General Meaning
Negativity
Informational Level
Contrastive cognition, attending to what contradicts
Attentional bias toward negative signals and what is absent or failing
Social Level
Greater distrust and wariness toward unfamiliar others
Psychological Level
Lower hedonic baseline and suggestibility
Higher guardedness
Biological Level
Higher resting arousal
Spectrum Clusters
The characteristic factors
# ID | Cluster Description |
|---|---|
1 | Vigilant anticipation of dangers |
2 | Distrust and rejection of proposals |
3 | Critical focus on flaws and errors |
4 | Pessimistic, skeptical background mood |
Vigilant anticipation of dangers
Distrust and rejection of proposals
Critical focus on flaws and errors
Pessimistic, skeptical background mood