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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘…ok, ok!. this time an actual/’real’ RePrint!’

July 25, 2023 By

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

Of course, regular Readers know that the idea of posting an old Doctrine post is to prime the rhetorical pump, as opposed to merely to re-purpose old words, right?

Of course, as we type, the thought comes, ‘How can there be such a thing as an ‘old post?’ At least in the implied pejorative sense. And, the answer is, there is not. Since the core of the Wakefield Doctrine is the relationship (we have) with the world around us, then there can be ‘no getting it wrong’.

There are three characteristic relationships in the Doctrine and only three. Sometimes a person will come along and say, ‘Great system, but it needs one more personality type’.* Not to worry! Not only can you not get it wrong, you can’t break it.

Hey! Maybe we can find an old post that discusses one of the old standards: i.e. ‘the Wakefield Doctrine is gender, age and culture neutral’

(hold on….)

Well! We couldn’t quite find that, but we did find a post with bullet points!

A post from our second year online.

look no further! we have the answer you are searching for, provided of course, that the question you have is: How I can understand the behavior of others and better understand myself through a system comprised of only three personality types?

August 29, 2010

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

Please make yourself comfortable, feel free to browse through the Table of Contents (over there on the right) or just flip through these Posts. There is a lot of information to cover and not a lot of time. So in a nutshell, seedpod, or lunchbox the Wakefield Doctrine is:

a fun and useful way to understand yourself and other people, a “theory” of personality that is much, much more than all those other theories you read about. The Doctrine says, “hey, there are three personality types in the whole damn world”. You and the person next to you and the folks back home can be seen as being one of these 3 types. They are clarks, scotts and rogers. Figure out which the person is and you will know a whole bunch about them. Figure out which of the three you are and you will not only know a whole lot about yourself, but you will be able to change whatever things (about yourself) that you have been trying (unsuccessfully) to change.

Really.  It’s true.

Of course, there’s a lot more to it than that, but for that you have to read more of what we have to say. But to get you started we will say this, the Wakefield Doctrine is gender and culture neutral and if you find yourself saying, “Hey, Mr Wakefield, sometimes I’m one of those scotts and sometimes I feel like one of those roger people.” To you we say, “whats the matter with feeling like a clark?, huh?”  (oh yeah, clarks not do that “I feel like” shit, do they?)
Anyway, we would say, “Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine! You have all 3 personality types, of course, but you are mostly one of the three. Don’t worry about it.

Besides we like to think this Doctrine thing is a lot of fun. We might be talking about someone in the news and one of us will turn to the other and say, “Obama….what a roger!” or we might say to each other, “You know those Progressive Insurance commercials on TV? That Flo person, how much of a clark is she, huh?” So this is not just a website you go to and take a test and find out that your personality type is INTP/otter-with-malamute tendencies, hell no! We have fun because we see clarks and scotts and rogers out there in the world and they act just like the Wakefield Doctrine tells us they should act! And it’s getting like we don’t have to make any of this shit up anymore…the clarks and the scotts and the rogers prove that the theory is totally true. Try it your ownselfs!

Today I have copied a page out of the Table of Contents to show that the personality business is not all dry boring, reading stuff! Clearly we like to borrow stuff, here at the Doctrine. So it should not surprise anyone how we went an sort a used Jeff Foxworthy’s “you might be a redneck…” thing. But hey if it makes you laugh, then you will be learning the whole thing about which are clarks and which are scotts and which are rogers.

You immediately stop surfing the channels when you come upon a show that uses only black and white documentary photos and film…you might be a roger

You totally love Christmas lawn decorations and cannot imagine having too many lights… you might be a scott

You find a flier stuck under the windshield wiper of your car and you take the time to read it… you might be a clark.

You are asked a question and you start to answer with “in the beginning…”  you might be a clark.

You are addressed by the wrong name and you answer to it without correction… you might be a clark.

You are building model cars/ships/planes, you always put the extra parts  back in the box along with the re-folded instructions for future safekeeping…you might be a roger.

You think that Slacker was the greatest movie made in the 90s…you might be a clark

You think that Borat was one of the funniest movies of the year…you might be a scott

You think that the 107 episode,  Directors cut, 15 DVD un-abashed edition of the compilation (with Writers notes (including what he had for breakfast) and voice-over reading of the credits by someone who knew someone who was a re-enactor who actually got hurt at an event) of all Ken Burns films, PBS episodes and commercials that last longer than most readings of the Iliad is the greatest film of all time…you might be a roger

You have any inclination to wear hats for a fashion statement (for male rogers only) or a ‘fanny pack’ (either male or female rogers), or  any clothing designed specifically for riding a bicycle (branded or un-branded)…you might be a roger.

You happen to be at a golf tournament and feel that it is expected of the members of the gallery to yell anything (including but not limited to “get in the hole”)…you might be a scott.

You are contemplating a project of any sort; a new deck or a term paper, writing a resume or planting a garden and you:

…you look forward to making the list of things you need to buy/gather/acquire first more than anything else…you might be a clark

…you must know what your friends on the ’do it yourself’ shows have done, that is what you want…you might be a roger

…CONTEMPLATE? PLAN? I JUST FINISHED IT! FUCK YOU!! IT’S DONE NO THIS IS FINE THE WAY IT IS… you might be a scott

So, there you have it. You laugh…you join…pretty simple, isn’t it?

 

 

* if they’re laughing (in a good way), chances are they’re’ a scott; if they’re dreadfully concerned and sincere then you got yourself  a roger talking and if they preface it with ‘I know…’ and propose an enhancement, you’re dealing with a clark. damn! (further explication available upon Comment)**

** if any Reader shouted-out ‘the Everything Rule’ you’ll get a free DocTee***

*** Limit one per winner, quantities non-existent

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Video Friday! Episode some-teen ….the Wakefield Doctrine, it’s yours however you are reclined

June 29, 2012 By

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

EZ-FRY-DAE:  Sit back and Listen (or) Sit up and Read!

The Wakefield Doctrine is predicated on the idea that we all live in one of three worldviews. The world of the outsider (clark), the reality of the predator (scott) and the life of the herd (rogers). Observe the outward behavior of the person and infer the reality that they are experiencing….the rest of (that) person is now a damned, open book!  All of us have the potential to live in any of the three realities, but choose one over the other two (but never really lose the capability to act as the other two). The Wakefield Doctrine is not so concerned with getting a list of likes and dislikes or having a person answer a questionnaire or charting the results on a 4 or 6  or 8 axises printout. Hell no!  Want an example of how unique and cool and useful the Wakefield Doctrine is?…. (those questionnaires we just mentioned??) once we have inferred which of the three the person is,  we can tell you how they will react to being asked to take the test!! Thats right! Haven’t even answered a thing and we know what they think of your puny questionnaire!

Yeah, the Wakefield Doctrine is that cool.

 

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the Wakefield Doctrine, the best damn theory of personality in the world?

May 8, 2011 By

Welcome!    ……No, really! We totally are sincere in being glad that you are here today. 


Heck, the only reason there is a Wakfefield Doctrine blog, is because we are hoping to share the fun; to introduce others to the useful and incredibly insightful personality theory that is the Wakefield Doctrine.
While the presentation/explanation/illustration of this personality theory sometimes falters, the intent and determination to keep trying to get the insights into human behavior (contained in the Doctrine) across to Readers never does… the Wakefield Doctrine blog is an example of an idea that drives the message. (as opposed to those lame-assed survey type, what color is your pancreas “personality” “theories” that offer the sole benefit of allowing a person to believe that ‘an expert’ will tell them about the people in their lives as opposed to the person knowing it themselves.)

If you were hoping to find a ‘personality theory that has a huge following, a theory of personality that everyone knows about ( hey,if it is that popular, it must be true!), the Doctrine is probably not a good fit.  If you would feel better knowing that all you have to do is answer 23 questions and you will get back a simple answer telling you why your boyfriend sometimes is such a jerk or why your parents just keep nagging about a simple fashion choice or how you can ever make those people at school leave you alone, the Wakefield Doctrine blog is not for you. There are no phds here at the Doctrine, and we don’t have a 23 question survey of questions and most of all we don’t have 600,000 followers. What the Wakefield Doctrine does have is:

  • a way to understand why people act the way that they do
  • an insight into how you got yourself into the predicament that you currently find yourself in
  • a way of knowing that there are only three personality types in the whole damn world, (that means everyone)
  • a small, but growing group of Readers who enjoy looking for clarks and scotts and rogers in their everyday world
  • people who have a certain, special quailty, what we call ‘flexibility of intelligence’ creative and thoughtful people
  • hats! (for your damn head(s))

 So if you want a baby coated1 personality theory that conveys the “guarantee of the herd”, you will not find it here. If you are searching for something that will provide all the answers without requiring anything from you, this is not the place for you.
Sorry, the Wakefield Doctrine, while very simple,  is not especially easy to ‘get’. But since you have read this far, the following is everything you need to know about the Doctrine in order to get some genuine  benefit from it’s insights:

All people are born with the potential to experience the world in one of three distinct and characteristic ways, these three ways correspond to the names: clarks, scotts and rogers.
At an early age in life (around 3 or 4) we all settle on one (of the three) ways to experience the world; the other two ways go into the background of our personality to stay, rarely used.
All three of these types are both gender and culture neutral, a female clark is a clark first, a scottian female is still a predator and a roger from the Middle East still loves to watch Ken Burns films.
Once you accept the fact that world experienced by a clark is different from the world seen by the roger and the scott different from both (very minor but critical differences) then you are ready for the charactersitics of the three personality types:

  • clarks: go to this Page and read all about clarks  (…clarks think )
  • scotts: get on over to this Page bone up on our scottian brethren (…scotts act )
  • rogers: yes, you have to click on the link, no, we can’t bring it out to you…go on now to this Page ( …rogers feel )

With the characteristics of each of the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers ) down, you are ready for the fun! Go out into your day and see them! Really, this is the totally fun part! All those people in your life will start acting in ways that you recognise (as clarks, scotts and rogers) and then you will see how they interact with each other and you might even get scared! …’How could those Wakefield Doctrine people know that my roommate who spends an hour on her hair and then wears combat boots, how she seems to be funny only to certain people that means she must be a clark !?’ …”are those Doctrine people frickin psychic?…sure it seems that my buddy is a roger, and he loves hats and bicycles, but how the hell did they know he would roll over for that girl who is clearly such a slut?’

Thats what we have for  you the Readers. Nothing less than a whole different way of seeing the world. And sorry to say there is no test or entry fee or any other kind of hurdle for you to jump. (We know that some people think that because we are not being exclusive or demanding, then this must not be worth anything.

Seeing how you made it this far, here’s a treat! A ‘quick link’ to a Page that most new Readers seem to enjoy…click this

There is one thing you can do…write a Comment…tell us how much you like this stuff…remember what some of us say, “Hey, there are no stupid questions! Just your questions!”2

1) ‘baby coat’ it’s  a rogerian expression
2) everyone tells me (well, the rogers tell me…) that this joke is not funny

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You’re a blog writer, there’s a topic. That’s an order

May 27, 2010 By

 

 A) I’m really hungry, just not sure for what…
                                             B) …nah, you decide….
                                             C)…yeah except not red but more fun…

The Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) is a unique, productive and fun approach to understanding those around us.  Whether at home or at work or at play, finally the actions and behaviors of the people in our lives will be understandable and possibly begin to make sense.

Back to basics to start today, as we seem to be getting Readers from new locations and possibly even totally “new to the Doctrine’ Readers.  So a  welcome, like we do here at the Wakefield Doctrine:  Welcome!  Bine ati venit la Doctrina Wakefield!  Добро пожаловать на Wakefield доктрины! Wakefield सिद्धांत आपका स्वागत है!

(Unfortunately, the blog may not support the cyrillic or Indo-Aryan characters that are required to display our welcome message above, if not Wlecome to the Wakefield Doctrine (in romanian, russian and hindi).

It is good to review.  This blog is all about the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers, which maintains that all people experience the world in one of three ways and it is their experience (of the world) that produces characteristic behavior (i.e.personality types) not the other way around.  We are not ‘drivers’ or ‘Type A’ or ‘Axis C’ or Cerebrotonic’ or INTJ’ or ‘True Colors’ (no, really there is such a system!), whatever such damn nonsense.  These idiots (mostly rogers but if it is really out-there then a clarks or if it is kinda catchy but stupid then scotts) are trying to convince you that there is inherent in all of us a pre-dispostion to act a certain way.  And they, of course have sorted and organised and very conveniently named this collection of behaviors, which will be explained to you so you can recognise a INTJ type personality and feel so very erudite. (Hey, come on, its called the Wakefield Doctrine because thats where we drive around at…and it called clarks, scotts and rogers ’cause, well.. (can I get a big, “No! Keep the Name!! We all think its Great!!) thank you… (…lol…)

We know better, don’t we? (this is where you say, “yeah! damn straight!”) I thought so.  And not only do we know all those knuckleheads are totally deluded (unless they are scotts) but we happen to know the  truth.  (Can I get a  “Why yes! I concur!!). 

So here it is new Readers ( …”Yeah! New Readers!!!”  ok, sit down)  the simple truth to what has bothered you for most of your life ( …”Life!!! Yeah!  Bring that On Over!!!) (scott, go back to your seat or you will have to go to the quiet place…) (…”YEah!  quie…”)…what the Wakefield Doctrine maintains is people experience reality in one of three characteristic ways, and that it is the reality that creates the (behavior) and if we understand the reality that a person is experiencing then we will know how they will behave in any situation.

Forgive the poor sound quality on the clip that follows, but the truth is I could not bear to watch senior citizens trying to play a song that was never, ever meant for seniors…even if they did write it once in a time long ago…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C2GVOLkxAc

Show of hands now:
A)  Did anyone listen to this in it’s entirety? (no, clarks don’t count in this little survey)
B)  Did anyone not think of Spinal Tap?

You know how I feel, this is not a nostalgia-themed blog, it just happens that most of my cultural markers are 50 fuckin years old.    (“YEah!! 50 Fuckin!!”  timeout scott…go ahead go to the corner now.)

But while the Wakefield Doctrine is not limited to an age or cultural mileu or anything like that, I cannot avoid referencing those events that comprise…blah, blah, blah)

(…that thing is still playing!! lol did you people in the 60s ever think that less is more?… )

…hey the song is over!  (…well that was only Part 1 lol the really interesting music is in Part(s) 1…5 )

So welcome to our new Readers, stay with us and this will all fall into place.  Ask questions, write Comments ( can I get a big  “Yeah, right” )

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