[Coding/Special Scores] COP

Aliases

• COP
• cooperative movement
• cooperative action

Definition

COP is coded when, in a movement response, two or more objects interact in a cooperative or mutually helpful way.
The central idea is positive or coordinated joint action.

Conditions

• The response must include movement, usually scoring-input/determinants/M, scoring-input/determinants/FM, or scoring-input/determinants/m.
• At least two objects or figures have to appear in interaction.
• The interaction has to be clearly cooperative, shared, or helpful.
• Typical examples are carrying together, pushing together, helping, holding together, or performing a coordinated action.
• If the same joint action is also aggressive, COP may coexist with scoring-input/special-score/AG.

Cautions

• It is not enough that two figures stand next to each other.
• Looking at each other, talking, or simply being together without clear cooperation does not justify COP.
• COP does not by itself decide scoring-input/gphr/GHR, although it may be associated with better-quality human responses.

Cross References

• [Coding/Special Scores] Special Scores
• [Coding/Special Scores] AG
• [Coding/Determinant] M
• [Coding/Determinant] FM
• [Coding/Determinant] m
• [Coding/GHR-PHR] GHR
• [Interpretation/Interpersonal] COP
• [Interpretation/Interpersonal] Human Content

Evidence Note

• Detailed source comparisons remain in the internal provenance note.