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Dr. William Moulton Marston

William Moulton Marston 1926-1928 and 1931 Original Model of DISC behaiors in a stimulusres!onses enironment"

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Understanding DISC Profiles and DISC pattern styles has helped over 50 million people in the last 36years. If you want the atual O&I'I(%)! valid! relia"le! #$ %uestion DISC &est! the online DISC Profile!you have ome to the right plae' #he DiSC Classi* 2"+ ,rofile #est "y Insape Pu"lishing is theoriginal ,ersonal ,rofile Sstem  .   ,,S  whih later "eame the ,ersonal ,rofile Sstem 28++Series ,,SS  in "oth online and paper versions. (nline versions inlude DiSC Classi* 2"+ and DiSCClassi* 2"+ ,lus! the online DISC personal profile system personality tests developed "ased on theoriginal )illiam *oulton *arston DISC theory model. #he DiSC Classi* 2"+ ,lus online  DISCpersonality profile test assessment inludes supplements for *anaging! Selling! and +elating "ehaviorstyles and traits using the DISC language. &he DiSC Classi profiles! supported "y the ,verything DiSCClassi -ailitation System! ontinue the traditional 36 year legay of Performa Systems Internationalthrough Carlson /earning Company to Insape Pu"lishing. &he online system of generating instant

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,ah person 2nows the wor2 of )illiam *oulton *arston in a uni%ue way. e leaves a vast legay.)illiam *oulton *arston4 lawyer! a psyhologist! invented the first funtional lie detetor polygraph!reated the DISC model of Dominane! Influene! Su"mission! Compliane for emotions and "ehaviorof normal people! author of Selfelp "oo2s! and reated the )onder )oman omis.

Some people live an entire lifetime that seems unremarkable; without certainty that they will leave permanentartifacts of their passing through this world. They never become rich or famous. They enjoy brief notoriety which

fades with no seeming lasting effect. They are years and decades ahead of their time in thought, behaviors, andinventiveness. As they live, they are not highly acclaimed or publicly acknowledged for remarkable

contributions. Yet each idea that they investigate, and act upon, leaves an indelible footprint on the structure andfunction of society and culture for decades. They are catalysts. They go where angels fear to tread!. Some of

these eccentric individuals se"uentially touch multiple sectors of life and we benefit a century later by looking back to see how our lives were changed forever just because they e#isted. These unusual people start many things,

and in not seeing them to completion, believe that they are leaving nothing behind that will matter after they die.

$illiam %oulton %arston was such a man. -or details of *arston7s DISC Cli2 ere.8ou an ta2e the DISC ssessment (nline right now and 2now your DISC pattern style in minutes'

Brief Review: Part of The Legacy of William Moulton Marston

The Lie Detector Polygraph - Marstons earliest years

&n many places %arston is credited with development of the sphygmomanometer, blood

 pressure measurement, or the systolic blood pressure test. That is not accurate. 'othing

could be farther from the truth( )e missed that invention by *+ years. $hat he did invent

is the uni"ue adaptation of blood pressure and physical body changes in the invention of the

first functional lie detector apparatus. )is first paper on truthfulness was written in --/. )e

would be dismayed at the un0truths told of him today. )e wrote a second paper in --+ as he

finished undergraduate studies at )arvard. %arston entered )arvard 1aw School and

graduated in --2, simultaneously formally publishing his early polygraph findings in --3

on the lie detection invention. The innovative machine was used in $orld $ar & and the

above picture is part of 4ivler5s publication of -* showing %arston in the center. $illiam

%oulton %arston used the lie detector and had several significant events with the lie detector,

 but it was -/2 before he wrote of it again e#tensively. $hy the lie detector or lies as a field

of study6 $ell... there5s more to come about that.

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D!"# - Dominance$ !nfluence$ "u%mission$ #ompliance - Marstons &'()s

research an* wor+ in Psychology$ ,motions$ an* Behavior

&he model here is lose to *arston7s DISC original model and theory. )illiam *oulton *arston"eame Dr. *arston in 9:#9 when he ompleted dotoral studies at arvard in the newly developingfield of Psyhology. In the early #07s *arston7s wor2 ontinued to "e signifiant in the ourts and legal

system! however! it evolved in 9:#; when he first studied the onepts of will and power and their effeton personality and human "ehavior.

&hese findings ontri"uted greatly to the field of psyhology as did his wor2 in onsiousness! olors!primary emotions! and "odily symptoms. e wrote prolifially< as well as ontri"uting to the dotoraltheses of two signifiant persons in the field of psyhology. &he piture to the right shows *arstonresearhing Emotions of Normal People! the 9:#$ "oo2 whih formally presenting his findings< "ut hehad written a"out DISC four years earlier! and he pu"lished a seond "oo2 on DISC! IntegrativePsychology ! in 9:39.

*arston really wanted to develop a unit of measurement of energy! mental energy. DISC ame! "ydesign! from his searh for measurements of the energy of "ehavior and onsiousness. )illiam*oulton *arston did 1(& develop the DISC test or assessment. In fat! he never used it as anassessment at all. owever! in 9:30! his "est friend did use it as an assessment in a "oo2 on suessand it was pu"lished as one of the first in the newly emerging field of Selfelp pu"liations. &heurrent DISC theory and model is 2nown with the more ontemporary and appropriate terms of4Dominane! Influene! Steadiness! = Consientiousness.

>ery pratially! *arston did su"stantially apply his DISC model and theory in the real world when heonsulted with Universal Studios in 9:30 to help them transition from silent piture movies to ?tal2ingpiture? movies. ,ven today it is easy to see the remnants of that ontri"ution to the entertainmentindustry. fter 9:39! *arston never mentioned DISC again' It seems he would find! or not find! theanswers he was see2ing! lose interest! and then move to a new area of innovation and reativity. @uttoday we still use DISC in all settings! in use for over 36 years! ta2en "y over 50 million people! and#00; researh introdued new models using *arston7s original findings. nd... well... there7s more toome a"out that too'

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Writing for the ,ubli* - 0istori*al (oels and Self-0el! oos

)illiam *oulton *arston plaed his entire fous in life on ?normal? people. e wasmost interested in the ommon! ordinary! daytoday hallenges whih people meet.e was not interested in psyhoti! mental illness! or ?ray? "ehavior. e wanted tohelp those who needed it most. e also wanted to help himself earn a living tosupport a growing family in the midst of the depression. In #00A we will see *arstonenBoy a "it of reintrodution with his wor2... well! there7s more to ome on that too...

Venus With Us: A Tale of the Caesar ! was *arston7s 9:3# historial novel. It wasrepu"lished in 9:53 as The Private Life of ulius Caesar ! after *arston7s death! toapitalie on the release of a film "y Universal with the same name. &hree other"oo2s followed through 9:3: on topis of popularity! ourage! attitudes! anddetermination and they were mass mar2eted to the pu"li in the emerging selfhelpindustry. entury later *arston7s finest wor2 remains in either the entertainment! Budiial! or selfhelp training industry. e was a reative genius in the art of findingthose universal truths valued "y all. ,ver a devotee of all manner of entertainment!he even wrote a "iography of !"!" Proctor# Vau$eville Pioneer  in 9:;3 in the midst ofhis greatest ontri"ution to entertainment! Won$er Woman.

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Wonder Woman - %n Innoation b William Moulton Marston as CharlesMoulton% *ulmination of all that had *ome before

*arston7s was shooled in the ree2 and +oman lassis as a young man.

e also was intimately and personally involved with earliest movements forwomen7s rights to "irth ontrol! women7s rights to vote! women7s rights towor2... he was most definitely a hampion for women. loria Steinema2nowledges his ontri"utions to herself and to women! many years after*arston7s death! when she pu"lished the first issue of %s" %aga&ine.nowing that! it is no surprise that )illiam *oulton *arston7s most famouswor2 is the reation of the omi "oo2 heroine! Won$er Woman.

Won$er Woman emerges on the sene in Deem"er 9:;9 in E$ of the ll StarComis Fpiture on the leftG. er piture was not on the over in 9:;9. She isnot even mentioned in the pu"liity. She arrived without fanfare. She de"uts

on the over in 9:;#. She is reated and "rilliantly presented with ree2 and+oman goddess arhetypes! she uses a lasso for truth! and her heroi"ehaviors have will! power! and the use of the "ehavioral style dimensions ofDISC! dominane! influene! su"mission! and ompliane! to aomplish hermissions. *uh has "een ontrived a"out a seual "ondage onnetion tosome of )onder )oman7s "ehaviors. &hey are simply from those who forgetthat )illiam *oulton *arston wrote not only for entertainment! "ut he wrote toget a message aross. Won$er Woman gained front page Sensation Comispresentation in Hanuary 9:;# Fpiture on right and it only too2 her a fewmonths to "eome so popular that DC Comis gave her her own issue in theSummer of 9:;#.

It would seem that neither *a aines of DC Comis nor )illiam *oulton*arston were a"solutely ertain how a female heroine would "e aepted.*a aines put her in the "a2 of a omi at first and )illiam *oulton*arston! a well2nown psyhologist! used a pen name writing as Charles*oulton. &hey need not have worried. She was a hit.

Won$er Woman remains a popular model and heroine and in #00A we willenBoy a new reintrodution in the movies theaters of our lassi goddessreation of *arston7s. *arston7s legay ontinues. &here7s more to ome on

that too....

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)e delight in the ontri"utions of *arston. If there were only one sentene todesri"e this "ig! Bolly! laughing! outgoing innovative genius it would "e4?)illiam *oulton *arston simply had enough love to go around.? e had

enough love for everyone and for everything in his life.

$illiam %oulton %arston was a lawyer graduating from )arvard in --2, and he changed the criminal justice

system forever with a machine. )e introduced major prison reform. )e was a man, and he was America7s firstfeminist in print syndication. )e promoted smart women. )e was drawn to them. )e never owned a successful business, but was called upon by industry to consult using the first forms of applied psychology to business. )e

 believed smart, powerful women had magic powers and he worked beside them in the field of psychology that didnot welcome women. %arston was intimately ac"uainted with the movement to allow women to practice birthcontrol and to vote. $omen fighting against restraint influenced every belief and action of 8 years of his life

)e was a psychologist, who believed all people were normal.! $hat we see on our movie screens and the colorsin which we see it were initiated by %arston. )ow radio and media words come to our ears were influenced by

this uni"ue man. )e worked with and supported his best friend; they changed journalism and introduced the self0help book industry. $hat we read in the back section of our daily newspapers was changed by his venture into

comics for adults. %arston was part of the first research group who tracked the chemical messengers in the brainand proposed that it was an imbalance of electrical impulses and chemicals. 9ill wrote one of the first historical

novels. )e lived the si#ties! half a century before his peers, and with as little public appreciation of thoselifestyle choices. %arston left indelible, dramatic footprints in time as he stepped outside the common path of man

to tread with angels. $e benefit

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