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“Practice is the proof of the truth”

 

Indicators of dimensionality

 

No

of indicator

 

Indicator’s Name and Description

 

Function Parameter Pointed to by the Indicator

 

1

Description of what the person directly perceives in the terms of individual experience ( I [personally] like it/dislike it,  I feel like so etc); or description of the person’s own experience without reference or  comparison to some standards (respectful source, accepted social opinions, rules or conventions)

Parameter of experience  (Ex)

2

Learning something by the trial and error  method  (by gaining own experience)

Parameter of experience  (Ex)

3

Recitation of previously experienced incidents/cases

(if  there are  indications that the interviewee recalls cases from his own previous  experience even if he might call them “situations”)

Parameter of experience  (Ex)

4

Lack of tools for comparison  of information:

  • Not being able to compare to a norm, standard or rule.
  • Being aware of the standards but not being able to make use of them
  • Using of self-fabricated individual standards

One-dimensionality

5

Originality  of thinking -  the way of thinking differs from the generally accepted patterns, disregards such patterns

One-dimensionality

Vital track

6

Individual understanding , emphasizing of individualisation or isolation of the interviewee’s opinion or  outlook.

One-dimensionality

Vital track

For the IA markup

Individuality = Exclude functions 1,2,3

7

Inadequate reaction  - non-conformance of the reaction to what would be socially accepted, accompanied by a painful control emotion (CE)

One-dimensionality

Sign  «plus»

When the  plus fuction gets into the area of the minus (i.e.  in its incompetence area)

8

Something can be understood only  experimentally, relying only on the previous experience

One-dimensionality

9

An advice is perceived as criticism or aggression

One-dimensionality

10

Refusal to agree with the generally accepted,  if the generally accepted is not deemed as inevitable

One-dimensionality,

11

Recurrence – constant repetition of the same experience

One-dimensionality

Vital track

12

Fixation, inertia, tendency to preserve the current situation accompanied by fear of changes

One-dimensionality

13

Desire to  «cut off»  some part of information, «turn away»,  often accompanied with  memory suppression, inhibition.

One-dimensionality

14

Gullibility. Lack of critical attitude  towards the information

One-dimensionality

15

Inadequate self-esteem  (demonstrative social mask  aimed at hiding fear and uncertainty).

Одномерность

Super Id

16

Is unable to make self-assessment  is getting lost when assessment of information related to a certain element  is required -  due to lack of reference  standards for that element .

One-dimensionality

17

Uses  as criterion of assessment  the amount of spent energy and effort.

One-dimensionality

18

Uses individual sensation  as the criterion of assessment

One-dimensionality

19

Painful sensitivity towards certain information, fear,  panic, inferiority complex

 

One-dimensionality usually of the function 4

Sign  «plus»

When the  plus fuction gets into the area of the minus (i.e.  in its incompetence area)

 

20

Little gradation in the element

Reflection of information without shades and hues, in the black-and-white, yes-or-no, right-or-wrong  style. Tendency to fall into the extremities.

Low-dimensionality

21

Uncertainty  in expressing  oneself  in one’s understanding, in one’s  actions.

Non-confident  self-assessment for the element

Low-dimensionality разобраться

22

Unwillingness to discuss  a certain topic.

Evading  to answer a question

Low-dimensionality,

Nothing to say usually indicates to  Super ego

Striving to cut off some unpleasant previous experience.

Vital track,

The interviewee does not want to go deeper into the element, because it is not interesting and falls out of his individual contents.

Usually most verbose blocks are:  Ego and Super Id

23

Hastiness, hurry, fussiness of reactions

Low-dimensionality

24

Superstitions, beliefs

Low-dimensionality

25

Presence of the  fatality, unavoidability, which has subjective grounds

Low-dimensionality

26

Difficulty to provide examples

Low-dimensionality

Vital track

27

«Oddity», «eccentricity», «weirdness»

Low-dimensionality

Vital track

28

Control emotions of low-dimensional functions: mental tension, uneasiness, weariness, unpleasant sensations, states, energy draining.

Negative feedback causes painful feeling.

Low-dimensionality

Sign  «plus»

When the  plus fuction gets into the area of the minus (i.e.  in its incompetence area)

29

Tendency ho hide one’s weaknesses

Low-dimensionality

30

Generalizations like:  any, anything, everyone, for anyone, ever, never,  which  reflect stale and rigid stance

Low-dimensionality

 

31

Reference to an reputable source of information – person, manual, dictionary etc

Arguments like: “I was taught this way” , “I do it like others do”.

Dimension of Norms

32

Using and relying on  commonly used understanding, notions, documents, rules, laws, methods, procedures etc

Dimension of Norms

33

Using and reference to the  commonly approved

Dimension of Norms

34

Obligation, duty, correctness:

 «oblige», «must»,  «right», «ought», «necessary», «normal»

Dimension of Norms

35

Proclaiming some rigid rules doctrines, instructions

Dimension of Norms

36

Usage of  clichés, stereotype expressions (also proverbs and sayings). Stereotypical  thinking.

Dimension of Norms

 

37

Consideration  of a situation  with reference to certain conditions or circumstances

Parameter  St

38

Many gradations present in the response

High-dimensionality

39

Goes beyond the common limitations (widens the frame  of the common understanding), if the standards are being concerned, they are acknowledged, however there is awareness of  possibilities of a more flexible approach.

High-dimensionality

 

40

Renouncing  to follow the  «right way», or a limiting frame.

High-dimensionality

41

Confident  and well argumented assertion of own standpoint 

Confident self-esteem  related to the element

High-dimensionality

42

Although the interviewee is able to make self-assessment, he is  indifferent  to the assessment or feedback given by others  and does nod need it.

High-dimensionality, typically Ego.

43

Being able to model the situation as if looking at its development in time, indicating at  continuous monitoring of the information element in time

Tme parameter(Tm)

44

Identification with the element:  element=I

The information element is viewed as  the  life itself

Time parameter (Tm) (Function 1)