Combining the Comparisons
Summary Table
Conducting comparative analyses via the
has revealed a variety of similarities and differences amongst the .These are not easily noticed when methods are examined singly. In this review, the comparisons are gathered together to provide an overall view.
In the Matrix below:
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L' | Method | Sense of Self | Auspices | Requirement | Preferences | In a Nutshell |
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7 | Diffuse bounds Private outcome |
Personal | Self-Assertion —most assured |
Stable situations & Complex issues |
Most private and personal. |
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6 | Definite bounds Public outcome |
Social | Get Confirmation —dependable |
Stable situations & Straightforward issues |
Most socially stabilizing. | |
5 | Diffuse bounds Private outcome |
Personal | Get Confirmation —most dependable |
Changing situations & Complex issues |
Most personally demanding. |
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4 | Definite bounds Public outcome |
Social | Self-Assertion —more assured |
Stable situations & Complex issues |
Most socially contributory. |
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3 | Diffuse bounds Private outcome |
Personal | Self-Assertion —least assured |
Changing situations Straightforward issues |
Vulnerable yet effective. |
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3 | Diffuse bounds Private outcome |
Social | Self-Assertion —assured |
Changing situations & Straightforward issues |
Protective but less effective. |
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2 | Definite bounds Public outcome |
Personal | Get Confirmation —least dependable |
Stable situations & Straightforward issues |
Most disconnected. | |
1 | Diffuse bounds Private outcome |
Social | Get Confirmation —more dependable |
Changing situations & Complex issues | Most connected. |
In a Nutshell
Certain contrasts emerge from the full picture shown in the above matrix.
L'7 & L'6: Transpersonal Existence v Social Existence
These emerge as opposites in almost every way.
- is the most private . It requires personal assertion, functions under personal auspices, and its effectiveness is a private matter.
- is the most public . It requires external confirmation, functions under social auspices, and its effectiveness is a public matter.
L'5 & L'4: Individual Existence v Relational Existence
These emerge as opposites in almost every way.
- is a personally demanding because it is under personal auspices but requires external confirmation, yet leads to a private outcome.
- is a socially contributing because it is under social auspices but requires self-assertion that leads to a public outcome.
L'3: Emotional Existence: Sensitive v Empathic
is a that depends on self-assertion and has a private outcome. However, the extremes differ markedly in regard to personal and social effectiveness.
- The extreme functions under social auspices and provides for security at a cost of social effectiveness.
- The extreme functions under personal auspices and is both more vulnerable and more effective personally and socially.
L'2 & L'1: Vital Existence v Sensory Existence
These represent the most comfortable and relatively undemanding methods that depend on external confirmation, but otherwise differ in the shaping and outcome.
- is a socially disconnected that functions under personal auspices and produces a public result.
- is a socially connected that functions under social auspices and produces a private result.
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Originally posted: 15-Oct-2014. Last updated: 21-Nov-2014.