Fundamental Inter-Personal Relations Orientation – Behaviour (FIRO-B)
(A-3 Dimensional Theory To Understand Inter-Personal Style)
“FIRO-B”stands for Fundamental Inter-Personal Relations Orientation – Behavior. The title represents the trait being measured i.e. how an individual characteristically relates to other people. “B” stands for the level of personality being explored i.e. Behaviour.
The primary purposes of FIRO-B are: 1. To measure how an individual acts in inter-personal situation. 2. To provide an instrument that will facilitate the prediction of interaction between two people or more.
This is somewhat unique amongst the personality tests. The scales are designed not only for individual assessments but also to measure characteristics in such a way that scores of two or more people may be combined to predict their interaction.
To accomplish the second objective, two aspects of behavior in each dimension are assessed: the behavior an individual exercises towards others and the behavior he wants others to express towards him. One aspect of the interaction of two people may be evaluated through the fit between what one wanted and what other expresses.
Overview
- No Of Test 1
- No Of Questions 54
- Duration 30 Minutes
- Test Type Objective
- Language English
- Mode Online
- Report PDF
The fundamental inter-personal dimensions of the FIRO-B theory i.e. Inclusion, Control and Affection, can be defined behaviorally as:
Inclusion
The interpersonal need for inclusion is the need to establish and maintain a satisfactory relationship with people with respect to interaction and association. Some terms that connote various aspects of a relationship that is primarily positive inclusion are: associate, interact, mingle, communicate, belong, companion, comrade, attend to, member, togetherness, join, extrovert, pay attention to, interested, encounter, etc. Negative inclusion is connoted by: exclude, isolate, outside, outcast, lonely, detached, withdrawn, abandon, ignore, etc.
Control
The interpersonal need for control is the need to establish and maintain a satisfactory relationship with people with respect to control and power. Control behavior refers to decision making process between people. Some terms that connote aspects of primarily positive control are: power, authority, dominance, influence, control, ruler, superior, officer, leader, etc. Aspects of negative control are connoted by: rebellion, resistance, follower, anarchy, submissive, henpecked, etc.
Affection
The interpersonal need to establish and maintain a satisfactory relationship with others with respect to love and affection. Some terms that connote aspects of primarily positive affection are; love, lke, emotionally close, personal, intimate, friend, sweetheart, etc.
How To Give The Test?
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The Purpose
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To measure how an individual acts in inter-personal situations.
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Setting
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It is important not to rush completion, so a quiet place for undisturbed working/responding is required.
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Method
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Read the instructions before completing the survey. Consider each statement separately. Consider the results carefully in order to assess how valid they are.
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Summary Of The Theory By The Creator
Debjani Ghosh
Test CreatorThere are three inter-personal need areas, inclusion, control and affection, sufficient for the prediction of interpersonal behavior. Orientations which an individual acquires towards behavior in these areas are relatively invariant over time. Compatibility of two or more persons depends on: 1. Their ability to satisfy reciprocally each other’s interpersonal needs. 2. Their complementarily with respect to originating the receiving behavior in each need ara. 3. Their similarity with respect to the amount of inter-change they desire with other people in each need area.
“Roles” may be defined in terms of inter-personal requirements in such a way that a measurement can be made of the capability of an individual and the role. Capability varies with the type of interaction being experienced. If for example, individuals are engaged in inclusion behavior, or involved in a primary inclusion relation, then capability in the inclusion area is the most important determinant of their capability in the situation itself. Areas and degrees of capability are therefore, distinguishable which are roughly capable to personal relations that flourish under one set of circumstance but cannot withstand the stress of a different type of relation.
Every inter-personal relation follows the same developmental sequence. It starts with inclusion behavior, followed by control behavior, and, finally, affection behavior. This cycle may recur. When the relation approaches termination it reverses the direction, and investment from the relation is withdrawn in order of affection, control and inclusion.
From these postulates it is theoretically possible to predict the course of a relation, if we know the inter-personal orientations of the individual members of the relation and inter-personal description of the circumstances under which they will interact.