Truth is a wonderful concept - but can we really know it?
I'm very excited about the 2017 release of a Wonder Woman movie. Can't wait - it looks great, I always love the first in a series. I like the character development, the WHY of the foundational aspects of the character. From the preview it looks like we will see Princess Diana of Themyscira grow up and the reasons she finds her self in America. Fascinating...
I learned a bit about the truth of the back story of the back story of ... well the history of the creator of the Wonder Woman myth in of all places... a training course on DiSC by Dr. Abelson. [Queue the spooky dream sequence music.]
The inventor of the Wonder Woman myth is William Moulton Marston. Wonder Woman made her debut in All Star Comics #8 (December 1941), scripted by Marston. If you have one in the garage I'll buy it from you. Apparently, Marston designed Wonder Woman as an allegory for the true leader; the kind of women who should run society.
In the World War I years (1917), [at that time they didn't use the ONE designation for some reason - guess they didn't plan on rev-ing the concept, how silly not to thing that humans would improve the concept of World War] Marston was interested in discovering physiological evidence of a person as they deceive - he's though of as one of the father's of the modern lie detector (Polygraph). When he created his leader epitome, he gave her the power to discern truth via the Lasso of Truth.
Wonder Woman's physical appearance and her bullet bending bracelets were inspired by Olive Byrne, Marston's lover in an open relationship with he and his wife, Elisabeth.
Going back a bit deeper from the Wonder Woman idealized leader, Marston investigated normal people and their emotions. In the late 1920s he developed a theory of human behavior based upon two aspects, environment and reaction to the environment. This theory produced the classic quadrant model and is known as the DISC Theory which was refined by in 1956 by Walter Clarke into the DISC assessment model.
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Psychometric Assessments - a peek inside the person
Multiple Views of the Truth are Perceptions
The Life of the Mind: Hannah Arendt on Thinking vs. Knowing and the Crucial Difference Between Truth and Meaning Brain Pickings
I'm very excited about the 2017 release of a Wonder Woman movie. Can't wait - it looks great, I always love the first in a series. I like the character development, the WHY of the foundational aspects of the character. From the preview it looks like we will see Princess Diana of Themyscira grow up and the reasons she finds her self in America. Fascinating...
I learned a bit about the truth of the back story of the back story of ... well the history of the creator of the Wonder Woman myth in of all places... a training course on DiSC by Dr. Abelson. [Queue the spooky dream sequence music.]
The inventor of the Wonder Woman myth is William Moulton Marston. Wonder Woman made her debut in All Star Comics #8 (December 1941), scripted by Marston. If you have one in the garage I'll buy it from you. Apparently, Marston designed Wonder Woman as an allegory for the true leader; the kind of women who should run society.
"Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world."
Marston [6]
In the World War I years (1917), [at that time they didn't use the ONE designation for some reason - guess they didn't plan on rev-ing the concept, how silly not to thing that humans would improve the concept of World War] Marston was interested in discovering physiological evidence of a person as they deceive - he's though of as one of the father's of the modern lie detector (Polygraph). When he created his leader epitome, he gave her the power to discern truth via the Lasso of Truth.Wonder Woman's physical appearance and her bullet bending bracelets were inspired by Olive Byrne, Marston's lover in an open relationship with he and his wife, Elisabeth.
Going back a bit deeper from the Wonder Woman idealized leader, Marston investigated normal people and their emotions. In the late 1920s he developed a theory of human behavior based upon two aspects, environment and reaction to the environment. This theory produced the classic quadrant model and is known as the DISC Theory which was refined by in 1956 by Walter Clarke into the DISC assessment model.
"Marston viewed people behaving along two axes, with their attention being either passive or active; depending on the individual's perception of his or her environment as either favorable or antagonistic. By placing the axes at right angles, four quadrants form with each describing a behavioral pattern:This DISC theory and model were never trademarked or copyrighted - therefor there are quite a few versions and instances of this tool. Including wonderfully misleading FaceBook questionnaires that should be view with skepticism. DISC practiced well by a practitioner can be a very useful tool for self discovery.
- Dominance produces activity in an antagonistic environment
- Inducement produces activity in a favorable environment
- Submission produces passivity in a favorable environment
- Compliance produces passivity in an antagonistic environment.
Marston posited that there is a masculine notion of freedom that is inherently anarchic and violent and an opposing feminine notion based on "Love Allure" that leads to an ideal state of submission to loving authority."
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Psychometric Assessments - a peek inside the person
Multiple Views of the Truth are Perceptions
The Life of the Mind: Hannah Arendt on Thinking vs. Knowing and the Crucial Difference Between Truth and Meaning Brain Pickings
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