Description
(-) Negative-first orientation
Detecting what is bad, deficient, or dysfunctional: "What is broken here?"
Attention naturally selects weaknesses, failures, and threats.
Default anticipation expects unfavorable outcomes.
Affective baseline is guarded and resistant.
Accumulation of problems along Repulsion functions. Instrumental problem-solving along Fusion.
General Meaning
Negativity
Informational Level
Contrastive cognition, attending to what falls short
Social Level
More defensive toward unfamiliar others
Psychological Level
Lower hedonic baseline, psychological guardedness
Biological Level
Negative valence
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