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

Another reprint. A rather early reprint at that. Purported to having written most posts, I find it interesting when I see the occasional little differences in the description and/explanation of one aspect or another of our little personality theory. Now that I think about, lol¹ these differences are the parts, (of the Doctrine), that with time, we’ve come to understand in a manner both more nuanced and, if we might, more sophisticated.

Probably the most significant of these ‘differences’ can be seen in our description of the individual’s experience of the three predominant worldviews. The three ‘personal realities’ are consistent. Though I’ll say, back in the early posts, the fun in describing the reality of the Outsider(clarks), the world of the Predator(scotts) or the life of the Herd Member(rogers) is quite evident. And, it’s not that it’s any less fun now to describe …. the kitchen of a scottian mother versus that of a clarklike or rogerian mom. It’s just that when I re-read these older posts, I can remember the sense of ‘...and this is‘ ‘oh yeah! and…!!‘ etc lol

Back to talking about the development, at least in these writings; a very useful development was the realization that the ‘fact’ of growing up in the personal of (one and only one) of the three is best described as a relationship. The now famous and oft-stated, ‘…all about better appreciating how we relate ourselves to the world around us and the people who make it up’.

Look at the time!

… oh yeah, one more: the Everything Rule.

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3 personality types add up to one darn good theory

April 20, 2011

3 personality types, you already know all about them.
The theory, the Wakefield Doctrine, well you surely know about that… so why make such a fuss about it?

The internet is nothing if it is not over-loaded with personality theories and secrets of the psyche and how-to-understand he/she/them schema!
So why should you spend any time here, reading about this theory? I could say something meant to be amusing  like,  ‘we have music videos’ or ‘ look at the clever photos and intriguing Post Titles’! or even ‘but we have hats (for your damn head)’. But to be serious, these are not sufficient reasons to stay and browse through a blogsite; well, maybe the hat (for your damn head), that might be intriguing enough. But, no, really…

The reason is this thing just makes sense in a way that nothing else out there does. Personality blogs that have tests and talks about traits ‘n interests are a dime a dozen. They all talk about our personalities in terms that are totally generic ( “…you will know the Ocean because it’s color is a shade of blue! …except, that is, times when it is more a blue-green…make that grayish…”).  We have all seen those sites. The thing of it is, if you are still reading this, you are one of the fortunate people in that you have intelligence and curiosity. You could be somewhere else, looking at pictures or listening to a music video but you are reading about something that seems interesting.

The reason the Wakefield Doctrine is different and better than anything else out there is that it holds together better than other personality theory (real or recreational).

…holds together..??!  I mean:

rogers are people who perceive the world as being quantifiable and with the social perspective of a member of a herd:

• they are very sociable but only in a group-setting, they would never go travelling on their own, seeing new locales, (if they have a choice)
• in the work environment, they will be part of ‘the network’ the ‘water cooler’ crowd
• rules and regulations, which are inherently meant to apply to the group( as opposed to the individual) are bread and butter to the roger
• aggression towards another is based on getting the group to disapprove of the (target) individual, “everyone knows that jimmy is such an asshole…”
• a victimized  roger will react to adversity by portraying themselves as a victim and will immediately look to the group for support
• since rogers see the world from the perspective of the herd, they will also be driven to preserve anything that is held in common by the group, traditions, customs, habits

scotts are people who view the world as a place of predator/prey (they be the predator) think about dogs for this one:

• sociable, but from a perspective of themselves to the group, not part of the group
• the world is a simple place for scotts therefore their emotional life is simple; anger, lust, joy quick to start, quick to stop
• they are aggressive without being mean, they are friendly without being personable
• scotts act without excessive introspection, so are thought to be certain which in turn makes them leaders (for rogers)

clarks are, in a sense,  the opposite of  scotts

• where  scotts live through action, clarks (try) to live in reflection
• the geek that appears clueless is often a clark and they are not stupid, they are simply distracted
• being creative, clarks often are seen as the outcasts, this is as much the herd rejecting them as it is not being able to blend in

Well, I hope that cleared things up! Clearly you have before you a tool of value and as is the case with most tools, practice is required before it can be used effectively.

So read, Comment and drop us a live (0r a line, hey I’m a fricken clark details are not always us)…or hey, here’s an idea! Next Saturday Evening pick up your phone and call us (the number is in the upper right hand corner). You clarks, you think we believe that you will be busy?  hey roger! yeah we know how important your schedule is but consider this: if you believe any of this Doctrine stuff, then we have the herd-member Prime, the Progenitor roger and you know you want a shot at him…scotts?? sorry, Saturday is a time in the future and we know how you people hate the I-can’t-see-it-touch-it-eat-it  things…so maybe not

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1) you know, clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel, right?