Primativeness is an indicator of how strongly the innate instincts are expressed in the behavior of a person (schooling, the instinct of procreation and survival). High primativeness indicates a person who relies on instincts, and low primativeness on a person whose thinking is built on reason and logic.
In order to know your level, you can pass a primativeness test. Consider an option for women. Choose one of the options and summarize all the points. If the extreme options are not about you, put yourself a corresponding ball from 1 to 10.
1. Is it important for you to have constant communication with relatives?
- very important - 9,
- absolutely not important - 1
2. Do you control your emotions or do they manage your actions?
- you are superemotional - 10,
- not emotional - 1.
3. Is it important for you to have children?
- it is very important - 9,
- they are completely unnecessary - 1.
4. Can you be alone for long, or do you need communication?
- loneliness in joy - 1 or 2,
- without people it's bad - 9.
5. Do you control yourself in eating (drinking, smoking, having sex) or not controlling and reproaching yourself?
- freely control the amount of this - 1,
- do not control - 9 or 10.
6. Do you have a craving for miracles, fortune telling and other mysticism?
- very interested, use divination, read horoscopes - 10,
- you are far from it - 2.
7. Are you a religious person?
- you are very religious - 8,
- atheist - 1.
8. Are there unreasonable fears, forebodings and similar phenomena in your life?
- you have forebodings, you are trying to interpret dreams - 8,
- fears and forebodings are alien to you - 1.
9. Is marriage a very important part of your life?
- you can not imagine life unmarried - 9,
- you have many interesting things to do, and you do not care if you are married or not - 2.
10. Is it important for you to belong to a family, nation, party, religion?
- it is very important - 9,
- Do not care - 2.
Most people in decision-making rely on both instincts and reason. But the ratio of the mind of instincts can be different.
Calculate the sum of your points. Primacy is determined by this figure as a percentage. The higher your primativeness, the more you rely on instincts, the lower the primativeness - the more logic and intelligence. For comparison:
- the highest indices of primativeness among the inhabitants of Africa and the Middle East (75-80%);
- high rates among the residents of Central Asia and the Caucasus (65-70%);
- Russians usually have an average level (55-60%);
- the US population (without blacks) is below the average (40-45%).
- the inhabitants of Europe - low primativeness (20-25%).
The more developed the country, the lower the level of primativeness among its inhabitants.