| IDEALIST | REACTIVE | CIVIC | ADAPTIVE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifecycle Type | prophetic | picaresque | heroic | genteel | |
| Youth: Parental Attachment: | strongest to mother | independent of both | strongest to father | obedient to both | |
| Nurture Received: | relaxing | underprotective | tightening | overprotective | |
| Coming-of-Age: Experience | sanctifying | alienating | empowering | unfulfilling | |
| Principal Focus: | inner world | what ever works best | outer world | torn between inner and outer | |
| How Perceived: | stormy | bad | good | placid | |
| Rising Adulthood: Preoccupation: | reflecting | competing | building | ameliorating | |
| Nurture Given : | tightening | overprotective | relaxing | underprotective | |
| Midlife Transition: Attitude: | detached to judgmental | risk-seeking to exhausted | energetic to hubristic | conformist to experimental | |
| Elderhood: Preoccupation: | civilization | survival | community | family | |
| How Perceived: | visionary, wise | lonely, caustic | busy, confident | sensitive, flexible | |
| Leadership Style: | righteous, austere | pragmatic, cautious | grand, expansive | process-fixated, pluralistic | |
| Motto: | truth | persuasion | power | love | |
| Positive Attributes: | principled, resolute, creative | savvy, perceptive, practical | rational, selfless, competent | caring, open-minded, expert | |
| Negative Attributes: | ruthless, selfish, arrogant | amoral, pecuniary, uncultured | overbold, unreflective, insensitive | indecisive, guilt-riden, neurotic | |