Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
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June 1, 2015Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
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self-consciousness:: “…uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others” (www.merriam-webster.com)
clarks worry about what other people might think (of them)
rogers are concerned with how they appear (to the people around them)
scotts only care that they are noticed (by people…good bad…. not important)
Most clarks will describe themselves as being self-consciousness. In fact, as a rule, clarks will take the more committed position of assigning the description of ‘introvert’ to themselves, and, depending on the clark, there will be no small amount of pride in their assertion. Most people think of clarks as ‘the shy ones’. If, however, we accept the further definition of ‘self-consciousness’ as “A person with a chronic tendency toward self-consciousness may be shy or introverted. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-consciousness), we are not immediately dissuaded of this proposition. However, as we all know, a clark with a significant secondary scottian aspect will not suffer being ignored. (‘…a clark will avoid being the center of attention but will not tolerate being ignored.’)
But the lesson of today’s post is in the realm of ‘the everything Rule’ which states: any experience encountered by (any) one of the three personality types, can be experienced by ‘the other two’ and be exactly the same, …except different.
Self-consciousness is no exception. A roger is not concerned with what others think, (which implies the right to act in the manner being considered), because they are of the Herd. Any action, for a roger is, by definition, allowed. It’s all about ‘how well are they doing it, in the eyes of their peers’. That’s how self-consciousness manifests in the rogerian worldview.scotts? nah… you all know about how they relate themselves to the world around them! (Hint: a scott alone in a room, isn’t).
Hey!! New Reader Alert and Helpful Hint:
Read about how the world looks to the three personality types. try looking around, using each…one will be ‘no way!’ discard that (worldview). Now try the other two… in different situations, one will seem to be ‘clearer’ more ‘comfortable’ that’s your predominant worldview! Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine!
…oh yeah, learning this thing? ‘you can’t get it wrong and you can’t break it!’
…ask anyone!
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About clarkscottroger
So…is it truly a clark thing to be self-conscious? Because good god, I am. All my life I have been. And full confession: the older I get, the less I want to be around people – I am, in effect, becoming much more introverted. But it’s because I so enjoy my own inner world: one in which I can work at home, tend to my flock of animals (lol), work on playing the piano, work on continuing education courses (because information uptake never wanes in my world), work on my house, watch a good TV show with hubby, go on a walk. Most of these are solitary activities and I get so much fulfillment from them. I have good friends who LOVE to go out: to concerts, to breweries, to PLACES in general. But me? Sure, “places to go” are sometimes fun. But more and more, I just want to be in my own little world. Away from the world. Though we develop a dominant worldview, is it possible to move “farther” into that worldview? I’m starting to wonder if I’m becoming even more of a clark and perhaps even less with that significant scottian aspect. I mean, it’s there. But it seems to show itself less these days.
Also that line about, “scotts only care that they are noticed (by people…good bad…. not important)” had me laughing out loud. I do channel my inner scott sometime and DO want to be noticed occasionally but…usually I just want to be left alone, in my own little world…
I really like that last line about Scotts
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