PAS Seminar Session 11 - Interpreting the "o" Part 1 Review of PAS theory and NL and begin discussion of the "o" adjustments.

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The "o" adjustment.

Some people don't fit the system well so we refine.

Changes come from experience, generally early, in life

Three dimensions review

Then the decade of children being "done to"
Encouraged to change or stay the same

Basic level in some ways most powerful - substantial way we function and
the way we know ourselves and how others who know us well see us.

Mike Heyman talks about starting with the basic.

Where you start affected by what you want to use it for.

Surface as a result of second decade of life. 
  Growing physically and emotionally and more independent with more freedom
  can decide themselves who they want to be.

Surface adjustments are more vulnerable - self determined to some extent and
  not pushed so hard. 
  Mid-life crisis can be seen a "am I happy with my surface."

When does surface break down - what kind of stress.
  Excess alcohol is a stress - people move towards their basic.

Predicting behavior - need to know about the environment - the more you know
 the more you can predict. 
 Have to think about environment in PAS terms - e.g. solitary is an I 
 environment. I+ can spend a lot of time in solitary with little stress.

 R environments - some bureaucracies where every i dotted etc.
 F environments - lots of ambiguity and maybe's. R preferring people stressed
                   by fluid environment.
		   If stress vulnerable (low CN), will not do well.
		   If stress enabled will try but will take a lot of work.

4th dimension a clinical interpretive extension of activity level

The incomplete compensation: "o"

If any error, 80G will over estimate.
Saunders used NL29 because Saunders had so many cases in the computer by the
  time something else came along.

John has new experiment: Mean of 5 in middle of 9. If difference in test 2 and
  3 is more than 2, go up one. (This is like NL2001). 

A difference of 1 in NL may change R- to F-, but then ask the question of
  how much difference this makes.
  Both exhibit a lot of both behaviors.
  But when put in basic, might make a bigger difference (F-c vs R-u)
    F-c is reactive,suppressing.

Example:
12(Ioc Roc Aoc) M

"o" incomplete compensations

A well compensated person does not think of themselves as their primitive.
  An Ic thinks of themselves as an E

How much awareness there is of primitive may vary situation to situation
  and culture to culture.

(80G never an "o" on surface in first two dimensions) This changed in
NL2001, all three dimensions can have "o" on the surface.

So, how do we interpret the "o".

Example: Arithmetic "o" on I.
  "o" for primitive "I", have some ability to relate to the external world
    problems.
    "E" can do a little inside his head.
  So an "o" is the beginning of intellectual discipline but not so much.
    For an "I" this is "get out and get around".