Basic ir*u* (IuFcAc)

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This is a relatively rare basic pattern, partly because of low incidence among normals and an partly because persons with extreme patterns are usually not testable. In the extreme, this is a schizophrenic adjustment in which the individual is highly self-involved, autistic, and socially isolated or defensive. Like the ir*u, [IuFcUu] this is a childhood schizophrenic or an immature schizoid adjustment. At best, people with this pattern are very narcissistic. Fantasy, auto sensuality, and introspective versatility are more marked in the ir*u* than in either the iru* [IuRuAc] or the iru. [IuRuUu] Although he can be imaginative and creative, the productivity of the ir*u* is so individualized or personalized that it has only minimal social usefulness.

Unlike the ir*u, [IuFcUu] the ir*u* must manifest some active social hostility in order to protect his intimacy and self-involvement. There is much more tendency for attempts at involvement with the ir*u* because he is a primitive A, making it necessary for him to develop some kind of insulation from social interaction. Extreme negativism, manifested early in his life, is usually characteristic of this adjustment. Tantrums, "fits," and similar behavior not only characterize his early life, but are usually very much a part of his adjustment all through life.