Basic era (EuRuAu)

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The era can learn by rote the methods and procedures necessary to maintain some sort of order in his contacts with, and relationships to, the milieu in which he functions. However, these procedures tend to be little influenced either by experience or education. In order to be effective, then, he is dependent on external guidance and control both for the rituals he must learn and for determining the appropriateness of these rituals for any given situation. He has only limited capacity for intellectual or emotional insight and is likely to be self-centered, self-seeking, and lacking in self-discipline.

He is particularly prone to respond to social-interpersonal requirements and can be all things to all people because of his ability to appear more sensitive and disciplined than he really is. He can be responsive to the needs and requirements of others even though he may not understand either the significance nor the meaning of his relationship.

The adjustment of the era is dependent on the extent to which he can exploit the advantages of his orientation and avoid the hazards of its disadvantages. The basic advantages are his ability to perform manual-manipulative skills effectively and his capacity for social-interpersonal adaptability. The basic disadvantages are the inability to perform intellectual or mental tasks efficiently and an inability to be productive and effective in the absence of firm, consistent, external guidance, control, and discipline.