Transactionalism
Pragmatic disposition
Practical payoff and moderation as the primary criterion of value and action.
Measured calculation serves concrete advantage.
Grand claims are weighed against their cost.
Disputes are resolved through bargaining and tolerance.
General Meaning
Relativity
Biological Level
Optima-seeking exertion
Cognitive Level
Return-first, proportionate evaluation
Psychological Level
Even, modulated emotions
Social Level
Negotiated exchange, pluralist compromise
Clusters
- 1Pragmatism and practicality over passion and idealism
- 2Preference for emotional subtlety and avoidance of heroic intensity
- 3Prioritizing benefit, expediency, and practice over principle and theory
- 4Seeking calm stability and avoiding intense emotional fluctuations
- 5Moderation and compromise over radical or extreme changes
- 6Egalitarian, cooperative, and pacifist orientation over militaristic or hierarchical values
- 7Emphasis on specific particulars and individual details over general patterns
- 8Valuing ad-hoc, pragmatic knowledge over systematic, structured theorizing
- 9High consideration of others' interests and sensitivities
- 10Fluent, accurate speech and reliable verbal retrieval without slips
- 11Focusing on immediate practical benefit and utility over abstract truths or intuition
- 12Stable, unremarkable physiological and interpersonal responses without heightened sensitivities