Posted by RoTtEn ApPlE on May 30, 2001 at 13:22:21:
In Reply to: Conscious motivation posted by Riv on May 30, 2001 at 11:34:48:
Motivation generally is conscious or at least pre conscious. Otherwise you for instance might actually be an eight. How could you know? You would wrongly think you were a 4. We aren't around you in real life to see what goes on. We on the board have no way of knowing except to hold the belief that you and we know our true motivation. And I doubt the people who know you with a few exceptions are going to tell you "Hey Liz. You ain't motivated by creativity but by power". Or whatever.
>>>> Consciously understanding one’s own motivation is very different from being consciously motivated. One doesn’t decide her/his type… one identifies it. Not all people have the intrapersonal intelligence to understand their own motivation and sometimes unconsciously are motivated to self-deceive.
Personality may or may not be taught in infancy. We all are born with tendencies. What pushes out a prime motivation? It might be genes or it may be conditioning. What makes you an artist? Genes or some favorable stimulus that may look unrelated but actually started you off as an infant?
Maybe some nice music playing on a beautiful day the first time that crayons were dropped off in your crib?
>>>> This isn’t a nature/nurture argument I’m making. Personality is not interests and skills. Any type can be a painter… even an artist. (Even though some types are more inclined to develop into one than others).
What makes me a 5? Short answer: Schizoid issues and cognitive style.