What is the theory behind the assumption that the Least answers produce the unconscious self and the Most answers the conscious self?

The interpretation of the Profiles is based on the original DISC-theory and the Extended DISC Theory. To fully understand the role of the different questions in forming the profiles would require understanding of the calculation rules for the Profiles. Although it is important to minimise the response time, the responses given are still mostly based on conscious thinking and analysis. It is clearly easier with the Most responses for a person to adjust the responses in a direction he/she wants to adjust them than it is with the Least responses. As a result, the Profile I, which is mostly based on the Most responses, is not a valid measure of one’s unconscious self but a measure of one’s conscious self – or to be more precise, one’s conscious adjustment of the unconscious self. However, since interpretation of Profile II is not based on the responses given, but on the responses not given, and since the calculation logic of the profile is turned around and the Least responses are more difficult to consciously rationalise, it has been found in empirical studies that the interpretation of the Profile II is closest to the unconscious self (sometimes called natural or pressure behaviour).