Description
Affective Concealment, Nuance, Complexity, Sophistication, Subtlety.
Reality is subject to cognitive framing and emotional suggestion.
A subtle, inward style of processing. Sees beneath the surface and often perceives hidden motives or mirrored layers of meaning. Evaluates situations thoughtfully, trusts internal judgments, and is more guarded. Assumes that what's visible may hide deeper, opposite truths.
Defined by a more self-reliant and inwardly analytical nature. Higher sensory acuity and tend towards a more critical and strategic interpersonal style.
Indirect, emotionally guarded, intellectually strategic, independent, self-serving, mentally intense, skeptical. Managing appearances, influencing perceptions, and creating an image.
Idiocentrism | Complexity / Opacity | Vagotonia | Differentiation | Low Sensory ThresholdHiTOP
Antagonistic Externalizing Spectrum
Egocentricity, Manipulativeness
Clusters
| # | Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | High absolute auditory sensitivity: easily perceives faint or quiet sounds |
| 2 | Strong musical hearing: good pitch discrimination and easily remembers melodies |
| 3 | High differential auditory sensitivity: easily distinguishes and recognizes voices or subtle sound qualities |
| 4 | Leftward or minimal handwriting slant tendency |
| 5 | Eveningness chronotype (‘owl’ preference): late sleep and wake patterns |
| 6 | Low sensitivity to others’ evaluations: emotionally robust, not easily hurt by criticism |
| 7 | Low proneness to guilt: rarely experiences prolonged or intense feelings of guilt |
| 8 | Greater aggressive expression in fantasy than in real behavior: more aggressive in imagination than in real life |
| 9 | Left-hand dominance tendency |
| 10 | Low altruism and more self-oriented: less inclined to give at personal cost, lower empathy |
| 11 | No tendency to blush under emotional arousal: face remains unchanged or pales rather than reddening |
| 12 | Calm under arousal: minimal muscular activation or restlessness when anxious or excited |
| 13 | Low tanning responsiveness: skin burns or remains pale under UV exposure |
| 14 | Low trustfulness and more strategic/cunning: inclined to deception or intrigue |
| 15 | High critical/judgmental tendency: readily judges or criticizes others |
| 16 | Opposite openness/interests: little fascination with natural phenomena, prefers detailed realism over impressionism, realistic appraisal of task complexity, prefers immediate rewards over future benefits |