Contact Fusion / M + C

Description

(-) Negative perceptual-evaluative focus

Negating what's bad, absent, broken: "The light's too harsh and it'll cloud over by afternoon."

Attention drawn to what deviates, falls short, or is missing.

Default expectation of problems.

Cautious and alert emotional baseline.

Accumulation of problems along Differentiation functions. Instrumental problem-solving along Fusion.

General Meaning

Foregrounding the negative

Faster focusing on what's bad - in order to minimize negative consequences

Informational Level

Contrast-based cognition (differentiation, contradiction, dissection)

Social Level

Distrustful and guarded in initial contact

Less accepting of strangers and outsiders

Psychological Level

Higher emotional guardedness, lower suggestibility

Physical Level

Higher resting arousal, tension and alertness