Contact Repulsion / Qi + Qe

Description

(+) Positive perceptual-evaluative orientation

Affirming what's good, existing, working: "What is whole here?"

Attention drawn to what fits, holds together, and confirms.

Default expectation of favorable outcomes.

Elevated and hopeful baseline.

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

General Meaning

Positivity

Informational Level

Integrative cognition, attending to what coheres

Attentional bias toward positive signals and what is present and working

Social Level

Greater trust and acceptance toward unfamiliar others

Psychological Level

Higher hedonic baseline and suggestibility

Lower guardedness

Biological Level

Lower resting arousal