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William Moulton Marston was an accomplished man who was not only a lawyer and a physiological psychologist; he also produced the first functional lie detector polygraph, authored self-help books and created the Wonder Woman comic. His major contribution to psychology came when he generated the DISC characteristics of emotions and behavior of normal people. Marston, after conducting research on human emotions, published his findings in 1928 in his book titled Emotions of Normal People. In this book, he explained his theory that people illustrate their emotions through behavior using the four behavior types called (Dominance (D), Inducement (I), Submission (S), and Compliance (C). Also, he argued that these behavioral types came from people’s sense of self and their interaction with the environment. He also included two dimensions that influenced people’s emotional behavior. The first dimension is whether a person views his environment as favorable or unfavorable. The second dimension is whether a person perceives himself as having control or lack of control over his environment. Although William Moulton Marston contributed to the creation of the DISC Assessment, he did not create it or even intend to use DISC as an assessment. In 1956, Walter Clarke, an industrial psychologist, was able to accidentally construct the DISC assessment using William Moulton Marston’s theory of the DISC model. He accomplished this by publishing the Activity Vector Analysis, a checklist of adjectives on which he asked people to indicate descriptions that were accurate about themselves. This assessment was intended for use in businesses needing assistance in choosing qualified employers. His assessment was later amended by Walter Clarke Associates and called a self-description. Also, it no longer required a checklist. Instead, test takers choose from two or more terms. Even with all of William Mounlton Marston and Walter Clarkes developments, the DISC assessment still had further developments. John Greier contributed to this assessment by producing the DISC personality profile in 1958 based on the works of Marston and Clarke. Greier conducted hundreds of clinical interviews which assisted him to further progress the fifteen patterns which Walter Clark had exposed. He made it more reliable by adding and removing items in the assessment and made it into a self-score and self-interpreted assessment. In 1994, the assessment was called the Personal Profile System 2800 Series (PPS 2800) but since then its name has changed to the name currently used which is DISC Classic.

BNyamunda (talk) 23:58, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Peer Review Improvement - Include a content box (make it article style links, headings etc. - Add heading for the studies section and the assessment limitation heading -Add more in depth explanations for each form of the DISC assessments

Strengths -DISC Assessment is well defined -The assessment limitation section were done very well & is a strong point in your article -Overall the article has a lot of information and the research done looks valid & accurate

-This peer review is based off of Beryl's article. We did not see your article first. Sorry! -Thelma and Elyse Diazel (talk) 00:38, 19 November 2012 (UTC)  History

William Moulton Marston was an accomplished man who was not only a lawyer and a physiological psychologist; he also produced the first functional lie detector polygraph, authored self-help books and created the Wonder Woman comic. His major contribution to psychology came when he generated the DISC characteristics of emotions and behavior of normal people. Marston, after conducting research on human emotions, published his findings in 1928 in his book titled Emotions of Normal People. In this book, he explained his theory that people illustrate their emotions through behavior using the four behavior types called (Dominance (D), Inducement (I), Submission (S), and Compliance (C). Also, he argued that these behavioral types came from people’s sense of self and their interaction with the environment (Marston, 1928). He included two dimensions that influenced people’s emotional behavior. The first dimension is whether a person views his environment as favorable or unfavorable. The second dimension is whether a person perceives himself as having control or lack of control over his environment. Dominance:perceives ones self as more powerful than the environment, and perceives the environment as unfavorable. Inducement:perceives oneself as more powerful than the environment, and perceives the environment as favorable.Submission: Perceives oneself as less powerful than the environment as favorable. Compliance:Perceives oneself as less powerful than the environment as unfavorable(Marston, 1928). Although William Moulton Marston contributed to the creation of the DISC Assessment, he did not create it or even intend to use DISC as an assessment. In 1956, Walter Clarke, an industrial psychologist, was able to accidentally construct the DISC assessment using William Moulton Marston’s theory of the DISC model. He accomplished this by publishing the Activity Vector Analysis, a checklist of adjectives on which he asked people to indicate descriptions that were accurate about themselves. This assessment was intended for use in businesses needing assistance in choosing qualified employers. His assessment was later amended by Walter Clarke Associates and called a self-description. Also, it no longer required a checklist. Instead, test takers choose from two or more terms. Even with all of William Moulton Marston and Walter Clarkes developments, the DISC assessment still had further developments to undertake. John Greier contributed to this assessment by producing the DISC personality profile in 1958 based on the works of Marston and Clarke. Greier conducted hundreds of clinical interviews which assisted him to further progress the fifteen patterns which Walter Clark had exposed. Lastly, Inscape Publishing made the DISC assessment more reliable by adding and removing items in the assessment. Inscape Publishing improved the assessment by construction it as a self-score and self-interpreted assessment. In 1994, the DISC assessment was called the Personal Profile System 2800 Series (PPS 2800) but since then its name has changed to the name currently used which is DISC Classic (Cole and Tuzinski, 2003). Also, the four behavior types have changed from (Dominance (D), Inducement (I), Submission (S), and Compliance (C) to be known as (Dominance (D), Influence (I), Steadiness (S), and Conscientiousness (C).

Dimensions of DISC

Dominance- People who possess this dimensioned are characterized as being direct and guarded. They are strong minded people who enjoy taking on challenges and gaining instant positive results. They are also direct and decisive.

Influence- People who possess this dimension of DISC tend to be direct and open. They are team players and they adore sharing ideas, talking with others, as well as entertaining others. They are optimistic and outgoing.

Steadiness-People who possess this dimension are indirect and open. They like to assist others indirectly or anonymously. They are good listeners. They are also very sympathetic and cooperative.

Consciousness- people who possess this dimension are indirect and guarded. They like to plan. They like to be accurate and are likely to keep checking details for accuracy (Greene, 2011). BNyamunda (talk) 22:29, 27 November 2012 (UTC)