GRAFE, RENLEYN P.

BSEDVED 3

Assistive Polarity

Assistive Polarity further consists of the following:

1. Assistive Attitude: Assistive attitude consists of actions and behaviour
which are in favour of the other person.
For example: When I was on my way home, I saw an old woman who was
crossing the road. She was struggling upon crossing, so I decided to help
her until she reached the other way.
2. Resistive Attitude: Resistive attitude consists of actions and behaviour
of an individual which are against the recipient and tend to make the
other person weak.
For example: Sam got low scores on her midterm exams, but Zane got a
perfect score. For some reason, Sam couldn't accept it. Maybe she would
fail and he might be scolded by his father. So, what she did is she went
directly to her teacher's office and she made up awful stories that would
destroy Zane's good performances. She said that Zane got a perfect score
because Zane cheated, which is not true.
3. Level of Intentionality: Level of intentionality further consists of
following three levels:
i. Hypo telic Level of intention: Sometimes an individual is
unaware of the other person’s aspirations and intentions and
unknowingly comes in his/her way without realizing its harm.
Hypotelic level signifies resistance to other person’s aspirations
unknowingly.
ii. Telic or Meta telic Level of Intention: There are several cases
where individuals deliberately stop the other person from doing
something clearly knowing how much it would affect the other
person. An individual intentionally obstructing aspirations of an
individual comes under telic or meta telic level of intention.
iii. Degree of Autonomy: Degrees of autonomy are further classified
into the following:
According to interpersonal relationship model, the degree of assistance and
obstruction arise out of following:
 Autonomous Agency: Autonomous agency comes into
picture when both resistance as well as acceptances arises
out of either of the two partner’s personal wishes, choices
and interests. None of the partners is influenced by a third
party.
 Proxy Agency: Proxy agency comes into play when
resistances and acceptances are due to an external party
often called the third party. Here the third party influences
the decisions of the two individuals in relationship often
called as Targets.