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The Circumplex
Human Synergistics’ distinctive circumplex is a quantitative human behaviour measure. The conceptual model arranges variables in a circular manner based on their similarity.
The circumplex represents a synthesis of a collection of seminal contributions on human thinking and behaviour, specifically those that provide insight to the relationship between task and interpersonal orientations and the impact of constructive versus defensive need fulfilment as drivers (causes) of human behaviour. The circumplex brings together twelve styles of thinking and behaving and clusters these into three general orientations: