The Acceptance Block (Program + Role Functions)

The Acceptance Block (also called Mobilization, or Self-Preservation) acts as a type’s inner security guard and automatic pilot for survival and comfort.

It's the most stable and conservative part of the Model A, setting a type’s temperament. It determines a type’s core orientation in life—where they stand, what their boundaries are, and how they see themselves fitting into the world.

This block performs a continuous internal and external scan (like radar) to monitor the environment and the type’s own internal feelings:

It acts as a filter, allowing a person to tune out constant, boring background noise and ignore small, unimportant details.
It switches focus onto something new, intense, unusual, or a significant change in the situation—a sign that something important, positive or negative, is happening.
If a situation changes and triggers a feeling of danger (self-preservation), this block quickly analyzes the new information and prompts the person to act immediately.

The information it processes feels natural and self-evident ("this is just how the world is"). It's the primary lens through which they define reality.

This block values the accumulation of knowledge about people and things—what they can do and what they are doing. Consequently, people who are experts or very well-informed are highly respected.

This block constantly aims for a familiar, comfortable state. It looks for things and behaviors that match what is considered normal or established. A type uses this "normal" state and established rules to assess the behavior of others, judging if they are acting appropriately or predictably.

A type is very careful about their own actions and the information they hold about others. They also treat information they share with others with responsibility and use it when it's appropriate.

The Acceptance Block & Temperaments

Sources: S. Ionkin, E. Shepetko