Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

(lol… no! wait! I’m sure there’s a mature and reasonable explanation for today’s Post photo!)

…nah, nothing I can think of, other than it reminds me of the TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)  The idea of picking a photo or image and letting that prompt me to write a Post goes way back to the beginning of this blog. Kinda fun, actually. And….and! in ways, not nearly as disturbing as when I write the Post first and then pick whatever image that jumps off the page at me. More often than you might think, some underlying theme of the Post manages to influence my fairly un-deliberate decision process. Actually what’s more disturbing is when a theme that I’m unaware of (at least consciously unaware of) becomes dominant because of the image.

hey! speaking of TAT and the Wakefield Doctrine, get a load of this:

“…(Henry A.) Morgan and (Christiana D) Murray decided on the final set of pictures, Series D, which remains in use today. Although she was given first authorship on the first published paper about the TAT in 1935, Morgan did not receive authorship credit on the final published instrument. Reportedly, her role in the creation of the TAT was primarily in the selection and editing of the images, but due to the primacy of the name on the original publication the majority of written inquiries about the TAT were addressed to her; since most of these letters included questions that she could not answer, she requested that her name be removed from future authorship. ” (from wikipedia)

Anyone out there care to tell us the predominant worldview of our Ms. Murray?  lol  yeah, I know!  too easy!

Speaking of fun on a Monday morning, Chapter 9 of ‘Blogdominion‘ is out and live and ready for your readification!  If there’s anyone out there who has not yet read this here serial here, I would totally owe you one, (I don’t know… maybe be a character in the story at some point? intrigue me), if you would read the story from Start to Finish and write a short review in the site (jukepop). If that’s more than you have the available time for, a comment about what you enjoy and what (if anything) you find confusing about the story would have me eternally in your debt.

the Wakefield Doctrine is described as a tool that can help us better understand the people in our lives. Well, it’s true. It can also help us understand ourselves better than we already do. Of course, this requires us to identify our own predominant worldview. How challenging this process is has everything to do with a person’s predominant worldview (and/or their secondary aspect), but I think, this early Monday morning, I’m going to be somewhat coy and not reveal the quick ‘n easy approach to determining your personality type.*

As to using the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine as you venture out into your world this Monday in December? Know the characteristics of the three worldviews by heart, observe the people you come into contact with and ask yourself this very simple question, “how does this person relate themselves to the world around them? as a(n) Outsider(clark) would…all mumbly, aggressively deferential and full of un-realistic hope? or as would a Predator(scott) fast-moving, fast reacting, hungry for life to the point of eating everything/anything, even that which makes them sick, because the appetite is point, life is for living, or (perhaps) this person relates themselves to the world around them as would a Herd Member(roger) so certain, so sure in the fact that the world makes sense, if only enough people are brought together and there is no greater value than to demonstrate the Right Way for all to access.

like that

*experienced Readers and DownSprings are now nodding and saying, ‘yeah, and those New Readers don’t realize that their own response to this holding back could answer the question, in and of itself’