Instincts & Emergent Frameworks

Significance of Psychosocial Pressures

The first class of emergent frameworks (as distinct from taxonomic frameworks) was identified in relation to the forced reversal of oscillating dualities in Primary Hierarchies.

Additional classes may be discovered in due course. If, like the first class, they are inherently dynamic, then they will all present as Trees.

Those emergent frameworks produced an issue of classification. The taxonomic hierarchy within which all the constituent elements belonged was the Root Hierarchy. As a result, they are named «emergent root hierarchies».

Here is an example taken from that section:

PH2	New Element		Root-L on Reversal
L7	→	L4 in PH5	RL5-Communication
L6	→	L4 in PH3	RL3-Change
L5	→	L4 in PH2	RL2-Inquiry
L4	→	L4 in PH7	RL7-Willingness
L3	→	L4 in PH6	RL6-Purpose
L2	→	L4 in PH4	RL4-Experience
L1	→	L4 in PH1	RL1-Action

However, the new elements need to be identified by their Root Level, and so the emergent RH Tree (K) graphic is misleading. It should show that: K-L7 = RL5B element, K-L6_P = RL3S element, K-L6_S = RL3Y element, etc. See the improved diagram below showing the effect of forced reversal in PH2-Inquiry).

RH	New Element on Forced Reversal	Tree Level
L7	L4 in PH5, so in RL5-Communic'n	K-L7
L6	L4 in PH3, so in RL3-Change	K-L6
L5	L4 in PH2, so in RL2-Inquiry	K-L5
L4	L4 in PH7, so in RL7-Willingness	K-L4
L3	L4 in PH6, so in RL6-Purpose	K-L3
L2	L4 in PH4, so in RL4-Experience	K-L2
L1	L4 in PH1, so in RL1-Action	K-L1

It can be conjectured that the Tree levels in the Emergent Hierarchies would have the identical instinctual properties to those in the Root Hierarchy. This is shown in the next table.

RL	Standard Psychosocial Pressure	Predicted Psychosocial Pressure
7	Selflessness via PH7-Willingness	Selflessness via PH5-Communication element
6	Autonomy via PH6-Purpose	Autonomy via PH3-Change element
5	Understanding via RL5-Communication	Understanding via RL2-Inquiry element
4	Well-being via RL4-Experience	Well-being via RL7-Willingness element
3	Acceptability via RL3-Change	Acceptability via RL6-Purpose element
2	Certainty via RL2-Inquiry	Certainty via RL4-Experience element
1	Performance via RL1-Action	Performance via RL1-Action element

Test of the Conjecture

Inspecting the frameworks developed there, suggests that this conjecture is correct. Several of the Centres formulated without the benefit of these investigation fit perfectly:

L3 Centres are labeled "promote [the purpose element]" and for effective promotion the purposes must be selected to be acceptable whether it relates to yourself (L3_Y) or to others (L3_S). If it is not, then the divergent realities cannot be reconciled.
L5 Centres are labeled "explain [the inquiry element]" and the psychosocial pressure is understanding. It is evident that proper understanding is required for any persuasive explanation.
L6 Centres are labeled "enable [the change element]" and you cannot enable anything properly without autonomy in relation to your self (L6_Y) or in the situation (L6_S).

One was less obvious but now appears straightforward:

L1 Centre is labeled "activate [the action element]" and the phrase only vaguely suggested the importance of time. However, now that this pressure has been changed to performance, the link becomes more obvious.

Why the Change? "Time" was just one resource desired. Also, it was a pressure "of" time, and "for" performance. On checking the others systems, each has this distinction i.e. there is some essential resource that appears critical for handling the pressure.

However, given that the above confirms the conjecture, there are three Centres whose labeling requires correction.

L2 Centre was labeled "use [the experience element]". However, this says little or nothing about the pressure for certainty, and all elements of experience will inevitably be "used". The phrase has therefore been altered to: "rely on [the experience element]", which indicates the confidence that comes from feeling certain.
L4 Centre was labeled "keep on [willingness element]". But this seems too general. It is re-labeled "feel good about [the willingness element]" so tying it into well-being, which is necessary for sustaining any special effort.
L7 Centre was labeled "focus [the communication element]" which now seems too general. The phrase has therefore been provisionally altered to: "respect [the communication element]", which indicates a submission and so selflessness, and provides distinctiveness from other communications.

Now pop-up the provisional full generic picture relating to the forced duality reversal.

Initially posted: 4-Aug-2013. Amended 16-June-2014.

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