Sensitive Vertical Collectivism / C + X

Non-sensitive Horizontal Individualism / A + M

Description

Bottom-up, data-critical processing with strong attention to detail and systematic classification.

High standards for factual accuracy and error detection; preference for explicit, local evidence over global impressions.

Perception of reality as primarily divisible into details.

Thinking by sequential decomposition - breaking wholes into parts and examining relations between those parts (local → global processing).

Mental activity prone to tendency to ruminate / cognitive persistence: thoughts may linger, cycle back, and resist premature closure.

Cognitive Viscosity, Scrutiny, Depth

Intellectual Level

Complexification of the structure of thought

Mental persistence with cyclical thought patterns

Sequential information processing (stepwise, serial decomposition)

Psychological

Self-critical analysis with lower self-esteem

Physical

Predisposition to weight gain and high-calorie preference

Spectrum Clusters

The characteristic factors

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Bottom-up, detail-oriented cognitive style; attention that diffuses across many details and little things, readily getting caught up in them

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Analytical thought processes and systematic categorization

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Obsessive repetitive cycles and cognitive viscosity

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Didactic predisposition in communication

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Tachycardia predisposition

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Migraine predisposition

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Lipophilicity and overeating predisposition

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Head flushes and hyperemia

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Hypertension predisposition

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Parasomnias and sleep disturbances

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Heightened tactile sensitivity

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Low suggestibility and emotional non-synchrony

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Increased sweating predisposition

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Symptoms of elevated histamine tone

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Broad-boned physique

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Predisposition to envy

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Symptoms of elevated prolactin

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Love of discussions and debates

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Low self-esteem, self-analysis, and self-criticism

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Predisposition to bruxism (teeth grinding)

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Tolerance to swearing/profanity

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Tolerance to external criticism

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Negative attitude toward physical exertion

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Democratism in communication

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Erudition, literacy, developed verbal sphere

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Numbness and cooling of extremities

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Accelerated puberty

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Smoking habit

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No history of mumps

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Finger length ratio indicating prenatal testosterone

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Bass voice and dark eyes – indication of higher current testosterone

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Right-side dominance (leg/ear/eye)

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Interest in studying people and understanding their motivations

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Sound aftereffects and synesthesia tendencies

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Increased total sleep duration

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Adult lactase persistence