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Supported by US
Government during the
Korean war.
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The FIRO-B addresses 3 aspects of interaction
between you & others
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What is INCLUSION about?
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What is AFFECTION about?
Applaud!
Hug or handshake
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What happens when it’s too much, or
too little, of the behaviors?
Too little Too much
Get stuck, don’t
Inclusion People might perceive
progress, lose
you as a cold fish,
credibility
“prickly” or abrupt
Expressed Wanted
How often do you seek
How often do you
people out? How many
Inclusion people do you seek?
want others to seek
you out?
How often do you How often do you let
direct the flow of others direct the flow
Control situations? Is this with of situations? Is this
many people or a few? with many people or a
few?
How often do you How often do you
Affection express warmth or want support from
support? others?
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What do the scores mean?
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Insights from the FIRO-B:
If you have…
HIGH Wanted LOW Wanted
Then you may perceive Then you may perceive
I C A
Expressed 6 7 6 19
Wanted 6 1 5 12
Sometimes
they invite you
to lunch, 12 8 11 31
sometimes they
31—that’s a moderate amount of energy put into
want to be
relationships, the higher the score the more
invited
likely they are to be gregarious
I C A
Expressed 1 2 3 6
Wanted 5 2 1 8
This person
might feel left 6 4 4 14
out—they want
to be included 14-a selectively social person who is probably
but who an MBTI introvert
knows?
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What if you worked with this person?
Will this person feel comfortable talking to you? Feel
important? As though you think they are competent?
How can you express behaviors to
connect, motivate, influence and lead
this person?
I C A
Expressed 9 4 9 22
Wanted 9 2 8 19
This person
wants everyone
18 6 17 41
to come along
and doesn’t 41—a very social person who is probably and
want to miss extravert and very gregarious: the Julie McCoy-
out Love Boat Cruise Director type
FSLI 2007
So what does your group look like?
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But there is SO much more….
Significance Competence
(Inclusion) (Control)
co
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A sense of self e pt A sense that we can
belonging to the act, decide and
world, that one’s direct our actions
presence matters successfully, leading
leading to behaviors Lovability to behaviors of
related to inclusion control.
(Affection)
A sense that we are lovable, deserving of love and being
loved, seeking connection with others, leading to
behaviors related to affection and openness.
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The Iceberg Model of Understanding
Control
•What kind of direction/cueing do I want to give others?
•What kind of direction/cueing do I want others to give to
me?
Summing up….
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How to start to interpret
your scores
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How to start to interpret your
scores, con’t
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