Internal Locus of Control, Analytical Thinking, and Variability

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In this diagram we see a helpful way of visualizing the meditative thought process of the mind that illustrates how relational mobility and analytical thinking are related. High and low values correspond respectively to internal and external locuses of control of the cultures in question. Countries that have low relational mobility tend to have the individuals sense of control vested in external things like society and fate, with a high value acting oppositely. This encourages either holistic or analytic thought processes. This provides a definitive link to the traits associated with analytic thinking are directly influenced by a nations ability to change relationships quickly.

Here we see the raw scores that indicate to what extent the aggregated individual relational mobility across region in Brazil show very little variability. Rio de Janeiro (the city) might be incredibly high in relational mobility while its outlying favelas are much less lucky, but the mean between the two still averages out the same across borders and in different states. Considering the similarities between the USA and Brazil, as well as the fact that this sort of experiment as not ever been preformed anywhere outside of Brazil, one can make the assumption that the raw aggregate scores between states is somewhat comparable. This would carry interesting possibilites. There remains a remarkably strong chance (more so than its antithesis: the idea that the states do differ greatly) that the American states do not differ greatly in relational mobility. Thus, a different in relational mobility is not the factor we are looking for when trying to find variables in American polarization. It must then be in how they are the same. How high relational mobility inherently invites division.