Dean Sayers Home Essays Erich Fromm Reviews Poetry Contact About Me Links		Fromm's Tables Back to Erich Fromm Fromm also used tables to describe his personality orientations, and described 92 traits of the different personality types. Each negative trait has a positive manifestation, so there are 46 sets of traits. The tables that follow show these, but only for the four (biophilous) which he viewed as failed attempts at life. Omitted is the necrophilous orientation, which he descrbed as a response to life with generally destructive interests. Receptive Orientation (Accepting) Exploitative Orientation (Taking) Positive Aspect Accepting Responsive Devoted Modest Charming Adaptable Socially adjusted Idealistic Sensitive Polite Optimistic Trusting Tender Negative Aspect Passive, without initiative Opinionless, characterless submissive Without pride Parasitical Unprincipled Servile, Without self - confidence Unrealistic Cowardly Spineless Wishful thinking Gullible Sentimental Positive Aspect Active Able to take initiative Able to make claims Proud Impulsive Self - confidant Captivating Negative Aspect Exploitative Aggressive Egocentric Conceited Rash Arrogant Seducing Hoarding Orientation (Preserving) Marketing Orientation (Exchanging) Positive Aspect Practical Economical Careful Reserved Patient Cautious Steadfast, tenacious Imperturbable Composed under stress Orderly Methodical Loyal Negative Aspect Unimaginative Stingy Suspicious Cold Lethargic Anxious Stubborn Indolent Inert Pedantic Obsessional Possessive Positive Aspect Purposeful Able to change Youthful Forward - looking Open - minded Social Experimenting Undogmatic Efficient Curious Intelligent Adaptable Tolerant Witty Generous Negative Aspect Oppurtunistic Inconsistant Childish Without a future or past Without principle and values Unable to be alone Aimless Relativistic Overactive Tactless Intellectualistic Undiscriminating Indifferent Silly Wasteful Fromm also describes the orientations by showing the essential positive and negative natures of their character, as shown in the following table: Sybiosis Assimilation Socialization Receptive Orientation (Accepting) Receiving (Accepting) Masochistic (Loyalty) Exploitative Orientation (Taking) Exploiting (Taking) Sadistic (Authority) Withdrawal Hoarding Orientation (Preserving) Hoarding (Preserving) Destructive (Assertiveness) Marketing Orientation (Exchanging) Marketing (Exchanging) Indifferent (Fairness) Productive Orientation

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