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The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #1 Lesson Grade LESSON #1 READ THE SECTIONS INTRODUCTION & THE ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 1 8. 1. Give an example of a time when you felt like someone was holding you back in life or stopping you from reaching your goals. 2. In your own words, explain what an antisocial personality is. 3. Why is it important to be able to detect the antisocial personality?
4. What types of things could happen in a person s life if he was connected to an antisocial personality? 5. Give an example of how you could improve things in your life and for society by having an understanding of the antisocial personality? 6. Explain what this means to you: When the legal or political structure of a country becomes such as to favor such personalities in positions of trust, then all the civilizing organizations of the country become suppressed and a barbarism of criminality and economic duress ensues. 7. Does an antisocial personality have to be a famous criminal or well known in history?
8. What is the definition of attribute? 8a. Think of three (3) sentences using the word attribute and write them below. The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #1 Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #2 EXERCISE Lesson Grade LESSON #2 EXERCISE READ THE SECTION ATTRIBUTES OF THE ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY AND DO THE FOLLOWING PRACTICAL EXERCISE. PRACTICAL EXERCISE: Write down an example of the following attributes of the antisocial personality. Your examples need to be complete and clearly show the attribute. (Use extra paper if needed and number your examples.) 1. He or she speaks only in very broad generalities. 2. Such a person deals mainly in bad news, critical or hostile remarks, invalidation and general suppression. 3. The antisocial personality alters, to worsen, communication when he or she relays a message or news. Good news is stopped and only bad news, often embellished, is passed along.
4. A characteristic, and one of the sad things about an antisocial personality, is that it does not respond to treatment or reform. 5. Surrounding such a personality we find cowed or ill associates or friends, who, when not driven actually insane, are yet behaving in a crippled manner in life, failing, not succeeding. 6. The antisocial personality habitually selects the wrong target. 7. The antisocial cannot finish a cycle of action. 8. Many antisocial persons will freely confess to the most alarming crimes when forced to do so, but will have no faintest sense of responsibility for them.
9. The antisocial personality supports only destructive groups and rages against and attacks any constructive or betterment group. 10. This type of personality approves only of destructive actions and fights against constructive or helpful actions or activities. 11. Helping others is an activity which drives the antisocial personality nearly berserk. Activities, however, which destroy in the name of help are closely supported. 12. The antisocial personality has a bad sense of property and conceives that the idea that anyone owns anything is a pretense, made up to fool people. Nothing is ever really owned. The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #2 EXERCISE Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #3 Lesson Grade LESSON #3 READ THE SECTIONS THE BASIC REASON & RELIEF AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 9 16. 9. Explain the reason the antisocial personality acts the way he or she does? 10. In the statement To such a person every other being is an enemy, an enemy to be covertly or overtly destroyed, what does covertly mean? 10A. Give an example of a covert act or action.
11. In the statement To such a person every other being is an enemy, an enemy to be covertly or overtly destroyed, what does overtly mean? 11A. Give an example of an overt act or action. 12. Why does the antisocial personality not want anyone to become strong or bright? 13. How do most antisocial personalities appear outwardly? 14. If you thought you found yourself in one of the attributes on the list what would you know? Explain why?
15. Can the antisocial personality get help? Explain. 16. What does this mean to you: An understanding and ability to recognize such personalities could bring a major change in society and our lives. The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #3 Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #4 Lesson Grade LESSON #4 READ THE SECTION THE SOCIAL PERSONALITY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 17 24. 17. In your own words, explain what a social personality is. 18. What does this mean to you: His conduct in his environment and toward his fellows is the only method of detecting either the antisocial or the social personalities. Their motives for self are similar self-preservation and survival. They simply go about achieving these in different ways. 19. Describe a social personality you have known.
20. When doing a test to determine if someone is a social personality or an antisocial personality, explain what you would do exactly. 21. Explain what this means: Attention is given to the antisocial solely to protect and assist the social personalities in the society. 22. Explain what this means: The frailty of showing how the harmful people can be known is that these then apply the characteristics to decent people to get them hunted down and eradicated. 23. Is intelligence, brightness, stupidity or having a position of importance a clue to the antisocial personality? Explain.
24. What is the sole criteria of identifying the social personality? The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #4 Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #5 EXERCISE Lesson Grade LESSON #5 EXERCISE READ THE SECTION ATTRIBUTES OF THE SOCIAL PERSONALITY AND DO THE FOLLOWING PRACTICAL EXERCISE. PRACTICAL EXERCISE: Write down an example of the following attributes of the social personality. Your examples need to be complete and clearly show the attribute. (Use extra paper if needed and number your examples.) 1. The social personality is specific in relating circumstances. 2. The social personality is eager to relay good news and reluctant to relay bad. 3. A social personality passes communication without much alteration and if deleting anything tends to delete injurious matters.
4. Treatment and reform work very well on the social personality. 5. The friends and associates of a social personality tend to be well, happy and of good morale. 6. The social personality tends to select correct targets for correction. 7. Cycles of action begun are ordinarily completed by the social personality, if possible. 8. The social personality is ashamed of his misdeeds and reluctant to confess them. He takes responsibility for his errors.
9. The social personality supports constructive groups and tends to protest or resist destructive groups. 10. Destructive actions are protested by the social personality. He assists constructive or helpful actions. 11. The social personality helps others and actively resists acts which harm others. 12. Property is property of someone to the social personality and its theft or misuse is prevented or frowned upon. The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #5 EXERCISE Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #6 Lesson Grade LESSON #6 READ THE SECTION THE BASIC MOTIVATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 25 31. 25. Explain what this means: The social personality naturally operates on the basis of the greatest good. What is meant by the greatest good? 26. What is the definition of motivation?
27. Write three sentences using the word motivation. 28. Explain what this means and then give an example you have seen of this: A basic clue to the social personality is not really his successes but his motivations. 29. Give an example you have experienced of the following statement: Unless we realize and apply the true characteristics of the two types of personality, we will continue to live in a quandary of who our enemies are and, in doing so, victimize our friends.
30. Think of 3 people you have seen either in life or portrayed in a movie or on TV, or read about in a book and give some examples of antisocial characteristics that he/she had. Write down what the person or character did and explain the characteristic which describes the person s actions. 31. Think of 3 people you have seen either in life or portrayed in a movie or on TV, or read about in a book and give some examples of social characteristics that he/she had. Write down what the person or character did and explain the characteristic which describes the person s actions. The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #6 Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #7 Lesson Grade LESSON #7 READ THE SECTION BASIC TERMS AND DEFINITIONS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 32 39. 32. In your own words, what is a Suppressive Person? 33. In your own words, what is a Potential Trouble Source? 34. What does antagonistic mean?
35. Explain what roller-coaster means? 36. Give some examples of how a suppressive person would act and the types of things he or she would do. 37. The indicators that show someone is PTS are very precise. What are they? 38. Give an example of someone who you have known or seen who roller-coastered. Explain what the person did that shows he or she was roller-coastering.
39. Observe some people in your environment and find one who appears to be PTS. Write down what you observed with that person and explain what would cause this person to be PTS. The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #7 Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #8 Lesson Grade LESSON #8 READ THE SECTIONS PTS TYPES AND PTS HANDLING AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 40 48. 40. What does PTS Type I mean? 40a. Give an example of a person who is PTS Type I. 40b. Draw a sketch of a person who is PTS Type I.
41. What does PTS Type II mean? 41a. Give an example of a person who is PTS Type II. 41b. Draw a sketch of a person who is PTS Type II. 42. What does PTS Type III mean?
42a. Give an example of a person who is PTS Type III. 42b. Draw a sketch of a person who is PTS Type III. 43. Keeping in mind all of the indicators of someone who is PTS, observe some people in your environment or look in magazines or newspapers and find three examples of people who are PTS. Write down what you noticed and for each example, explain the situation and what made you determine the person was PTS. 44. What really is stress? Give an example you have seen of this.
45. There are two stable data which anyone has to have, understand and know are true in order to obtain results in handling the person connected to suppressives. What are they? 46. Explain what this means: An important thing to know is that a suppressive is always a person, a being or a group of beings. A suppressive is not a condition, a problem or a conclusion, decision or resolution made by the individual himself. 47. DRILL: Someone comes to you with a sprained wrist. He fell off the ladder while doing some painting. He says Oh, I was just tired. I guess I have been working too many hours. A) What would you know? B) Explain exactly what you would do in this situation. (Cover each step 1 6)
48. Explain what this means: All you are trying to do is MOVE THE PTS PERSON FROM BEING THE EFFECT OF SUPPRESSION OVER TO BEING IN A POSITION OF SLIGHT GENTLE CAUSE OVER IT. How could you use this knowledge if you were helping someone who was PTS? STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #8 Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #9 Lesson Grade LESSON #9 READ THE SECTION FURTHER DATA ON PTS HANDLING AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 49 56. 49. Explain what is meant by disconnect when dealing with a PTS situation. 50. Explain what this means: The concept of disconnection relates to the right to communicate. 51. In your own words, explain what the first fact regarding PTS people means to you: A) To be PTS in the first place, the PTS must have committed harmful, contra-survival acts against the antagonistic source.
52. In your own words, explain what the second fact regarding PTS people means to you: B) When one has committed such acts, his confront and responsibility drop. 53. Think of a PTS situation it can be a real situation or a made up one and describe the situation and what the PTS person did to create the antagonism. Then explain what could be done to resolve the PTS condition. 54. Give an example of a PTS situation where the correct handling would be disconnect. 55. What is meant by handle when dealing with a PTS situation?
55a. Give an example of a PTS situation where the correct handling would be handle. 56. Write up what you think about the information you have learned in this course and how you feel you can use it in life. The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #9 Lesson Grade
The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # LESSON #10 FINAL EXERCISE CITY STATE ZIP Lesson Grade LESSON #10 FINAL PRACTICAL EXERCISES READ THE SECTIONS EASE OF HANDLING AND IN CLOSING AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FINAL PRACTICAL EXERCISES. PRACTICAL #1: Observe some people in your environment or look in magazine or newspaper articles and find examples of each of the attributes of the ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY. Start with the first antisocial attribute and write down the behavior of the person you observed, which shows the attribute. (Use a separate sheet of paper to write your examples and number each attribute.)
PRACTICAL #2: Observe some people in your environment or look in magazine or newspaper articles and find examples of each of the attributes of the SOCIAL PERSONALITY. Start with the first social attribute and write down the behavior of the person you observed, which shows the attribute. (Use a separate sheet of paper to write your examples and number each attribute.) PRACTICAL #3: Write down an example of an antisocial attribute in someone you have known or observed. Describe what antisocial attribute the person displayed. Now, write down an example of a social attribute in someone you have known or observed. Describe what social attribute the person displayed. Do this over and over until you can easily spot social and antisocial attributes in people and know what they are.
PRACTICAL #4: Choose someone you know or are associated with who is PTS. Help the person by doing a PTS handling with him or her exactly according to the steps given in this booklet. Continue your handling with the person all the way through Step 6. If the person is doing the handle step check with him to see how he is doing and help him as necessary making sure he uses a good roads good weather approach. Write up what you did and describe the situation of the person you chose, exactly what you did and the results. ** NOTE: If you cannot do this practical with someone directly due to an environmental circumstance, then choose a person who is PTS and write up the situation and exactly what you would have the person do according to the steps given in this booklet. The HANDLING SUPPRESSION Correspondence Course STUDENT: DO NOT DETACH STRIP NAME ID# ADDRESS CELL BUNK # CITY STATE ZIP LESSON #10 FINAL EXERCISE Lesson Grade