Convergent era Cluster

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Regardless of the differences among the individuals with the b(era) adjustment, there are certain similarities in that all may be described as being externally involving, socially adept, and non-empathic. These people are behaviorally active, readily interacting and become involved with the people and events of their external world, and are dependent upon these activities for psychological satisfaction. As a result, b(era) individuals dislike, and are threatened by, any situation involving limitation of movement, social isolation, and sensory deprivation. Because they have relatively poor verbal memory, a limited attention span, and are prone to have mental inferiority feelings, they prefer manual­manipulative tasks to mental activity. Although people in this cluster have considerable skill in social-interpersonal relations, they tend to be self-centered, unfeeling, non-empathic, or even cruel. For the most part, members of this cluster are labile in affect, prone to showing their immediate emotional experiences, they rarely maintain any specific feeling for a long period time. Thus, they can be described as impulsive and fickle.