allocentric

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
2. sıfat Of spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on the external environment and independent of one's current location in it (for example, giving a direction as "north" as opposed to "right").
3. sıfat Of a tourist: tending to be adventurous and preferring novel and unfamiliar experiences.

   “[P]sychocentrics could conceivably vacation in essentially allocentric destinations (with the exception of people with extremely low incomes). For instance, a psychocentric may travel to a remote area under the security of a completely planned, fully escorted tour.”

4. isim A tourist who tends to be adventurous and to prefer novel and unfamiliar experiences.

   “Simply put, psychocentrics are at ease only when within their comfort zone, while allocentrics are driven to leave their comfort zone on a regular basis.”