<p>This may not totally match your description (the person's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_view" rel="nofollow noreferrer">worldview</a>, the evilness of the viewed objects), but it's quite analogous to the <strong>table of style of attachment</strong>, so I put it here.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/syLQE.png" alt=""></p>

<p>I do notice that the major topic in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_theory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">attachment theory</a> is about relationship, while the topics in your description seem to be about moral in general, but I suspect that yours discusses about interpersonal relationships as well.</p>

<p>The image is captured from the book <a href="https://www.cengage.com/c/interpersonal-communication-everyday-encounters-8e-wood/9781285445830" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters, 8th Edition</a>. The original research is Butzer &amp; Campbell, 2008.</p>

<p>One minor note: I see that many people use the word "matrix" as a synonym of "table". Technically, a matrix is a table of numbers, but not a table of ideas. </p>

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OK, great, thanks. I borrowed "matrix" from "Eisenhower Matrix".
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<p>I remember that there is a matrix in my textbook when I studied the basic psychology in colleage. The four 4 quadrants are 1) self is good and the outside world is also good; 2) self is evil but the outside is good; 3) self is good but the outside is evil; 4) self is evil and the outside is also evil. I have searched it for days but cannot find it.</p>

<p>Could anyone please tell me what that matrix is? Thanks! </p>

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What is the matrix of self and the outside world, evil and good?
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# What is the matrix of self and the outside world, evil and good?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-04)

I remember that there is a matrix in my textbook when I studied the basic psychology in colleage. The four 4 quadrants are 1) self is good and the outside world is also good; 2) self is evil but the outside is good; 3) self is good but the outside is evil; 4) self is evil and the outside is also evil. I have searched it for days but cannot find it.

Could anyone please tell me what that matrix is? Thanks!

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-05. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

This may not totally match your description (the person's [worldview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_view), the evilness of the viewed objects), but it's quite analogous to the **table of style of attachment**, so I put it here.

![](https://i.sstatic.net/syLQE.png)

I do notice that the major topic in the [attachment theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_theory) is about relationship, while the topics in your description seem to be about moral in general, but I suspect that yours discusses about interpersonal relationships as well.

The image is captured from the book [Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters, 8th Edition](https://www.cengage.com/c/interpersonal-communication-everyday-encounters-8e-wood/9781285445830). The original research is Butzer & Campbell, 2008.

One minor note: I see that many people use the word "matrix" as a synonym of "table". Technically, a matrix is a table of numbers, but not a table of ideas.

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> **username_0**: OK, great, thanks. I borrowed "matrix" from "Eisenhower Matrix".  

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