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| #18A PASSIONATELY IMPULSIVE | #18B DISPASSIONATE |
| I know that some people carefully, rationally weigh alternatives when they come to a fork in the road. I’m typically not like that. Often my needs seem urgent and my actions are guided by powerful feelings--fear, anger, jealousy, love, lust, frustration, intuition, sympathy, courage, possessiveness, insecurity, sociability, hostility, sorrow, etc. (Note: Rather than acting in goal-oriented, measured fashion, this person’s actions are often based on primitive urges or childish reactions.) | I am often stoically indifferent to pleasure or pain, and often unmoved by joy or grief. I typically make decisions after careful deliberation, free from passion, unaffected by emotions, and when necessary am able to resist instant gratification and wait. (Note: The differences between dispassionate and passionately impulsive people can be traced to differences in brain biochemistry.) |
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WV Theme #18A: Passionately Impulsive |
WV Theme #18B: Dispassionate |
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--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries |
--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries |
| often seeks gratification outside one's own self ==> extravert | values thinking/reflecting before acting ==> introspection |
| characterized by risk taking or novelty seeking | characterized by emotional detachment |
| characterized by passion often overwhelming reason | values deferred gratification |
| characterized by Impulsivity | values stoicism (indifferent to pain, pleasure==>inner calm) |
| summary Wikipedia article: none | summary Wikipedia article: none |
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