Contact Integration / M + C

Description

(-) Negative attentional valence

Negating what's bad, absent, broken: "At least it's not raining. No clouds to ruin it."

Attention drawn to flaws and potential threats.

Default expectation of problems to solve.

Emotional baseline: cautious and alert.

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

General Meaning

Attending to negative aspects

Focuses on the bad more quickly to detect potential problems

Intellectual Level

Contrast-based, differentiative thinking

Social Level

Distrustful and cautious (initially)

Less trusting of strangers and outsiders

Psychological Level

Excess negativity, have internal conflict