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Eric B · 07-08-2008, 11:23 PM

Ok, so you're talking about
Angry eyes = Active/Aggressive
Straight eyes = Passive/Evasive
Sad eyes = Reactive/Supportive

Happy mouth = Projective
Straight mouth = Detached
Sad mouth = Temperamental

In my scheme, the straight mouth or eyes represented "moderation", since their position was basically "inbetween" that of happy or sad. In yours, and the Horney Scales used by Chou and others (Away/Against/Toward), I knew the "middle" point was not "moderate, and that was one major difference with the FIRO-based system. So yes, it is more of a triangular scale. I guess passive/evasive or detached would fit those facial features, even though they're not "moderate" inbetween those other points you mentioned.

It's kind of hard to picture a matrix where the factors are two dimensional rather than one dimensional. That would technically be a four dimensional system, except that the two dimensions of the factors are based on a 60 degree angle instead of right angles.

Still, I don't fully know what some of those mean. The 9 is "projective" instead of "detached"?

07-08-2008, 11:23 PM	#88 (permalink)
Eric B Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Type: iNtP Location: NYC Posts: 408	Ok, so you're talking about Angry eyes = Active/Aggressive Straight eyes = Passive/Evasive Sad eyes = Reactive/Supportive Happy mouth = Projective Straight mouth = Detached Sad mouth = Temperamental In my scheme, the straight mouth or eyes represented "moderation", since their position was basically "inbetween" that of happy or sad. In yours, and the Horney Scales used by Chou and others (Away/Against/Toward), I knew the "middle" point was not "moderate, and that was one major difference with the FIRO-based system. So yes, it is more of a triangular scale. I guess passive/evasive or detached would fit those facial features, even though they're not "moderate" inbetween those other points you mentioned. It's kind of hard to picture a matrix where the factors are two dimensional rather than one dimensional. That would technically be a four dimensional system, except that the two dimensions of the factors are based on a 60 degree angle instead of right angles. Still, I don't fully know what some of those mean. The 9 is "projective" instead of "detached"? __________________ APS Profile: Inclusion: e/w=1/6 (Supine) \|Control: e/w=7/3 (Choleric) \|Affection: e/w=1/9 (Supine) Ti 44.3 \| Ne 47.2 \| Si 37.8 \| Fe 21.7 \| Te 27.7 \| Ni 10.6 \| Se 19 \| Fi 30.9 (Homemade bar graph with informal "Step II subscale" approximations)