the Wakefield Doctrine

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

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Pressure? Did someone mention pressure?

“…In this context, the term ‘stress’ refers only to a stress with significant negative consequences, or distress in the terminology advocated by Hans Selye, rather than what he calls eustress, a stress whose consequences are helpful or otherwise positive.
Stress produces numerous symptoms which vary according to persons, situations, and severity. These can include physical health decline as well as depression. According to the St. Louis Psychologists and Counseling Information and Referral, the process of stress management is one of the keys to a happy and successful life in modern society. Although life provides numerous demands that can prove difficult to handle…

Many practical stress management techniques are available, some for use by health practitioners and others for self-help, which may help an individual to reduce stress, provide positive feelings of being in control of one’s life and promote general well-being.

The effectiveness of the different stress management techniques can be difficult to assess, as few of them have received signifcant attention from researchers. Consequently, the amount and quality of evidence for the various techniques varies widely. Some are accepted as effective treatments for use in psychotherapy, whilst others with less evidence favouring them are considered alternative therapies. Many professional organisations exist to promote and provide training in conventional or alternative therapies.”  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_management )

Well,  we know that the Wakefield Doctrine can and does address the question of stress and compensatory mechanisms as found in each of the three personality types. So lets just imagine a stressful life situation and see just how (each) of the three personality types will respond!

Situation:  you have  Post to write and 20 minutes in which to write it. You thought you could come up with a plausible/reasonably understandable scenario…you write the ‘set-up’ ….and…nothin!  Not a single life’s stressful situations comes to mind. You think to yourself ‘ok how about going to the doctors and waiting for biopsy results?’  and you immediately think, ‘ewww, this is supposed to be fun not awful‘ and then you think,  “alright, then how about being in Court, waiting for the Judge to speak words that may change your life?” and your instinctual reaction is, “what, are you fuckin nuts? who the hell would find that scenario engaging?! this is supposed to be amusing and entertaining!” In desperation you look at the pretend clock on the screen and think to yourself, “what the hell, this is getting worse…more….stressful?  Aha!”

So given the above scenario, how would each of the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine respond, if confronted with this stressful situation?

clarks:

scotts:

rogers: