| Type | "Healthy" Examples | "Unhealthy" Examples |
| 1 | Confucious (teacher) Ralph Nadar (reformer) |
Nurse Ratchett from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (rigid, self-righteous) |
| 2 | Mother Teresa (unconditional love) |
Glenn Close's role in "Fatal Attraction" (manipulative, seductive need for love) |
| 3 | Michael Jordan (successful, competitive, driven) |
OJ Simpson (phony and destructive) |
| 4 | Edgar Allen Poe (creative) |
Michael Jackson (painfully shy, feels inadequate) |
| 5 | Marie Curie (selfless thinker) |
Unabomber (reclusive, isolated from reality) |
| 6 | Mel Gibson (affectionate, trusting) |
Nixon (paranoid) |
| 7 | John F. Kennedy (generalist) |
Howard Stern (sensationalist) |
| 8 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (strong, powerful) |
Stalin (brutal dictator) |
| 9 | Nelson Mandela (peaceful means to peace) |
Ronald Reagan (neglectful, lost) |
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