Applying the Realization Duality
Background
The realization duality (rD) was discovered during studies of a duality pattern found in one structural hierarchy. The pattern is : A-B-B-A-A-B-B.
Based on a review of many structural hierarchies, the pattern was confirmed and its A and B poles were named:
A: individual-centred realization
and
B: context-mediated realization.
An explanation of the pattern was based on psychosocial pressures known to be characteristic of the groupings.
The crucial finding is that all B-related pressures originate from a terminal of the Root Hierarchy: -Selflessness and -Performance. The other pressures all generate an A-pole.
Given this link to psychosocial pressures, it is possible to examine other taxonomic structures and identify their pattern—such as it might be— by looking directly at the pressure.
Structural Hierarchy
The patterning of pressures is explained here.
Full details of the pole assignments can be found in the original investigation.
| G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1°: Identity | Autonomy | Understanding | Performance | Certainty | Acceptability | Well-Being | Selflessness |
| 2°: Operation | Understanding | Performance | Certainty | Acceptability | Well-Being | Selflessness | Autonomy |
| Realization Pole | A (individual) | B (context) | B (context) | A (individual) | A (individual) | B (context) | B (contextt) |
The pattern is: A-B-B-A-A-B-B.
This seems meaningful, but the meaning still awaits elucidation.
Primary Hierarchy
Pressures in Primary Hierarchies appear to mirror that in the Root Hierarchy, as analysed previously. 2° pressures have not been investigated and identified in Primary Hierarchies. Using the pattern of 1° pressures, the realization duality can be mapped as follows:
| Levels in the PHs |
Proposed Root Level Input |
Psychosocial Pressure |
Realization Duality |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L7s | Willingness-RL7 | Selflessness | Context-mediated | B |
| L6s | Purpose-RL6 | Autonomy | Individual-centred | A |
| L5s | Communication-RL5 | Understanding | Individual-centred | A |
| L4s | Experience-RL4 | Well-being | Individual-centred | A |
| L3s | Change-RL3 | Acceptability | Individual-centred | A |
| L2s | Inquiry-RL2 | Certainty | Individual-centred | A |
| L1s | Action-RL1 | Performance | Context-mediated | B |
The L1 to L7 pattern is: B-A-A-A-A-A-B.
This seems meaningful in the same way that the Root Hierarchy is meaningful: commencement at the top allows for unbounded creativity for psychosocial functioning, while at the bottom is the primal nexus where the rubber of psychosocial reality hits the road of empirical reality.
Principal Typology
Pressures in Principal Typologies have recently been reviewed systematically and both 1° and 2° pressures are now definitively identified. The patterning here relates to the unfolding duality.
It is possible to use the rule explained above to allocate realization poles as follows:
| L'1 | L'2 | L'3 | L'4 | L'5 | L'6 | L'7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1°: Identity | Autonomy | Certainty | Performance | Understanding | Acceptability | Selflessness | Well-Being |
| 2°: Operation | Certainty | Performance | Understanding | Acceptability | Selflessness | Well-Being | Autonomy |
| Realization Pole | A (individual) | B (context) | B (context) | A (individual) | B (context) | B (context) | A (individual) |
The L'1 to L'7 pattern is: A-B-B-A-B-B-A.
This seems meaningful. More Types require context mediation than allow for individual-centred realization. Further investigation is required.
Spiral
The Spiral order emerges from the Typology through a conversion of Type to Mode, equivalent to Content to Context. This leads to a re-ordering as shown below, but the pressures remain the same.
Pressure in the Spiral modes were originally developed here due to a limited appreciation of the Typologies.
| Spiral Stage | PH' Type |
Spiral Tree L |
Corresponding Root Level |
Psychosocial Pressure | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| φ7 | L'5 | CL7 | Change-RL3 |
Acceptability | B (individual) |
| φ6 | L'7 | CL6 | Experience-RL4 | Well-Being | B (individual) |
| φ5 | L'2 | CL5 | Inquiry-RL2 | Certainty | B (individual) |
| φ4 | L'1 | CL4 | Purpose-RL6 | Autonomy | B (individual) |
| φ3 | L'4 | CL3 | Communication-RL5 | Understanding | B (individual) |
| φ2 | L'6 | CL2 | Willingness-RL7 | Selflessness | A (context) |
| φ1 | L'3 | CL1 | Action-RL1 | Performance | A (context) |
The φ1 to φ7 pattern is: A-A-B-B-B-B-B
This seems meaningful: strengthening the primal means demands an initial focus and dependence on context. Everything after that is up to the creativity of each individual.
Q-Arenas
There are 7 Q-arenas in each Domain. The pattern of pressures of these Arenas have been developed and subsequently reviewed and revised. It is noticeable that there is no pattern of 1° and 2° pressures as found in structural hierarchies and in principal typologies. No pattern was expected.
It is possible to use the rule explained above to allocate realization poles as follows:
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1°: Identity | Performance | Certainty | Acceptability | Well-Being | Understanding | Autonomy | Selflessness |
| 2°: Operation | Understanding | Performance | Certainty | Selflessness | Autonomy | Well-Being | Acceptability |
| Realization Pole | A (context) | A (context) | B (individual) | A (context) | B (individual) | B (individual) | A (context) |
The Q1 to Q7 pattern is: A-A-B-A-B-B-A.
This does not seem immediately meaningful—but more investigations with specific sets of Q-Arenas may illuminate the finding.
Further investigations will take place elsewhere.
Originally posted: 6-Nov-2026.
