WORLDVIEWS SHAPE HUMAN PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIORS
Human thinking is shaped by a few basic assumptions about the nature of reality, and its origins, functioning, and meaning. These assumptions comprise a coherent framework through which the individual interprets specific events and forms hypotheses about possible cause-and-effect relationships. One's worldview is largely implicit and does not arise to conscious awareness except through deliberate identification and exploration of beliefs that are normally never questioned by the individual.
This underlying substrate of the mind shaped by one's culture and deep conditioning. It establishes the implicit lens through which we perceive reality and determines how each person "experiences" life. Its Yang mood consists of culturally- based, a priori principles projected on the nature of the universe. These tightly-held, unquestioned assumptions comprise each person's particular mode of consciousness. Each person's mode is unique; labeled in different ways they reflect the manner in which he or she subconsciously thinks about reality. Over time, changes in these beliefs reshape the reflective Yin mood of consciousness. The result is a set of unquestioned assumptions that shape both one's perceptions and reflections about life.
The Worldview Self-Assessment questionnaire developed by Paul Von Ward helps one identify his or her own world view as it relates to members of several groups. It also provides insight into the person's process of individuation that sets him or her apart from others.
You may use the assessment questionnaire by following the instructions on the form itself. You can score yourself by marking the choices you made for the 32 questions. Email your score sheet to paul@vonward.com and you will receive an response showing which worldview group you are closest to and what the characteristics of that group you are. Engaging in the process may provoke further reflection on what your unrecognized assumptions are and whether or not you wish to reconsider some of them.
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CQ - CONSCIOUSNESS QUOTIENT INDEX
What is CQ?
In his book, Our Solarian Legacy (pages 187, 235-236, and 281-282), Paul Von Ward developed the concept of a self-rating of one's level of conscious awareness, CQ. Based on beliefs and personal experiences, CQ differentiates among individuals on the basis of how much they deliberately use various aspects of personal consciousness. CQ is independent of both IQ and EQ measures, but complements their coverage to produce a more complete description of an individual's capacities for communication, problem-solving, and personal self-management.
A Questionaire
The questionnaire below was designed to cover all aspects of consciousness currently apparent from human experience; it is not intended to be a definitive measure of all that consciousness might prove to be. Since the scope of one's conscious awareness of the range of human experience is largely a matter of self-motivated intention, it seems appropriate that the the CQ Index be a matter of self-rating. The score gives a snapshot in time of where one stands in relation to others and can be changed on the basis of new knowledge from other sources or personal experience. A higher CQ score indicates a more expansive concept of selfhood.
Action
Visitors to this site are invited to use the questionnaire for self-assessment. The data will be used only for statistical analyses and will not be archived under your name. To use these forms, simply left-click on the form and download it to your computer. Once there, open it in Acrobat and begin selecting the answers by clicking on the bullet of your choice to left of each question's answer. When you are finished filling out the entire Questionaire, you can save it back onto itself, and then submit it via email to paul@vonward.com along with any questions, comments or suggestions you might have.
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