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Cooperativeness (concept of relations with others) is one of the three aspects of human character in Cloninger’s biopsychosociospiritual model of personality (Cloninger et al. 1993). This character trait is a measure of how well people get along with others, that is, tolerance, helpfulness, empathy, compassion, and social principles (Cloninger 2004).
Introduction
Cooperativeness represents the legislative branch of self-government, which makes the rules that allow us to get along with others (Cloninger et al. 1993). A cooperative person is tolerant, empathic, helpful, compassionate, and principled. In contrast, an uncooperative person is prejudiced, egocentric, hostile, revengeful, and unfair. See self-directedness and self-transcendence for the other two aspects of human character.
Measurement
Cooperativeness is measured using the Temperament and Character Inventory (Cloninger et al. 1994). The five subscales of the...
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Garcia, D., Lester, N., Cloninger, K.M., Cloninger, C.R. (2020). Cooperativeness. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_2268
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