PAS Seminar Session 1 - Introduction and Single Dimension Behaviors Part 4 Social Dimension

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Social Dimension

Picture Arrangement is the indicator

(WAIS-R ruins PA because it takes away time bonuses)

May recognize some cues but cannot put themselves into the role

How can you call A/U a primitive when it involves learned behavior?

Gittinger: Some children are more approached as children so get more chance
           to learn social roles.

	   Bob: social stimulus value - e.g. charisma

	   Experiments that can use strangers and show different social
	     stimulus values.

Some youngsters at very young ages get attention by achieving vs charisma

A: Role Adaptive - children who are approached and have opportunity for
                  social learning.

U: Role Uniform - social stimulus value low and turn to achievement

John says in nursery some babies are more noticed. 
Bob discovered this was true.

What is intrinsic is social stimulus value.

Break: 18:00

A: Socially reactive. Attention comes from what other people expect.
   Socially versatile.
   Social roles like items of wardrobe - like someone with lots of choices and
      pick the right ones.
   Tries to be all things to all people. 
   Social butterfly.
   Not easily embarrassed and covers it well.


U: Socially unreactive. Not only don't react - they don't know what others 
      want.
   Socially uniform (not versatile) 
   Achievement oriented.
   Easily embarrassed in social (as opposed to interpersonal) situations
     Interpersonal more likely to be described by R/F
   Wardrobe limited and few choices - often not appropriate.      

From high PA to low PA

A+   A    A-  U-   U   U+  - skewed to more role uniform. 

Most people when they hear this is I want to be an A. But one of the
  problems is it is hard to be what others expect.

For U the problem is being ignored.  
      
E / U contradiction - E wants attention and does not get it

I / A contradiction

American an EA culture but with curve ball because we expect our A's to