Trees & Psychosocial Pressures

Root Projection

The task of clarifying the Root Level correspondence to the Principal Typology Complex (PTC) is nearing completion.

The present analysis has demanded clarity about humanity's Primal Needs (which are not properly part of the Taxonomy) and its Primal Means (which are).

The current conjecture is that each Root Hierarchy Level contains and projects a psychosocial pressure. These play a critical role in orienting individuals in their endeavours. Often implicit, a pressure may be forgotten or minimized: and then it may benefits from being made explicit. Sometimes, or perhaps more often, one pressure is given far too much weight, leading to distortions and seemingly irrational behaviour.

Whereas the pressures within the Primary Hierarchy Levels are projected on an ordered basis (i.e. RL1 to PH•L1, RL2 to PH•L2 etc), the pattern in the Principal Typology Complex is different.

Discovery of the pattern was easy due to fortuitous quality of PH'1, but understanding and confidently generalizing to other Principal Typologies required analysis of the derived Spirals.

Observation had revealed a re-ordering of the Types in the timing of Spiral Stages. The surprising pattern was known to involve two adjacent Root Levels in the two Cycles that develop the sophistication of the Primal Means.

Movement around any Spiral demands effort, and progress appears to depend on pressures projected from Root Levels. The identified pressures aligned with the expectations generated by PH'1.

Below is a table summarizing findings:

Stage	Mode Basis	Cycles in Spiral	Psychosocial Pressure
φ7	Type-5	Cycle-2 Actualization Pressures	Acceptability
φ6	Type-7		Well-being
φ5	Type-2		Certainty
φ4	Type-1	Cycle-1 Transcendence Pressures	Autonomy
φ3	Type-4		Understanding
φ2	Type-6		Selflessness
φ1	Type-3	Primal Nexus	Performance

The temporal-Stage sequence of a Spiral shown above corresponds to levels in a hierarchy. However, this Spiral-derived hierarchy is not strictly taxonomic. It is, rather, another emergent hierarchy and therefore exists in practice as a RH-based Tree framework.

Centres in the Spiral-based emergent Trees contain the essential components relevant to meeting the Primal Need of that Domain. There are personal and social tensions (the dynamic duality) that affect requisite interactions and influences between Centres. Each Centre (i.e. Mode essence) is also subject to two psychosocial pressures: one from the Tree level, and the other from the Spiral mode.

In the following Topics, each Primal Need will be considered with a focus on the relevant Tree that determines its pursuit regardless of the sophistication of the Primal Means.

Matrix View for Principal Typology Complex

The full picture is shown summarized in matrix that is meant to be read row by row from left to right. The architectural features of each row, starting from RL1, are explained in the Topics to follow.

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Root Origin	RL/PH	PH•L6	Psychosocial Pressure (for Optimality)	Principal Typology	Principal Modes	Primal Means (i.e. Spiral)	Primal Need (of Root Level, Spiral, Tree)	Constraint (requiring a higher RL)
RL7	Willingness	Value Learning	Selflessness	Capability enhancement methods	Modes for .............	Effectiveness	Competence	Feasibility and other practical issues i.e. Action-RL1.
RL6	Purpose	Adhere to Value Systems	Autonomy	Ethical choice methods	Modes for Governing	Politics	Governance	Readiness to put the group first i.e. Willingness-RL7.
RL5	Communic'n	Assign Meanings	Understanding	Language use methods	Modes for Sharing	Sharing Reality	Association	Goals and freedom of group members i.e. Purpose-RL6.
RL4	Experience	Integrate Identifications	Well-being	Mental stabilization methods	Modes for Individualizing	Sense of a Self	Individuality	Guidance and encouragement i.e. Communic'n-RL5.
RL3	Change	Standardize Representations	Acceptability	Depiction methods	Modes for Recognizing	Discrimination	Adjustment	Feelings of members of a relevant network i.e. Experience-RL4.
RL2	Inquiry	Justify Judgements	Certainty	Research methods	Modes for Knowing	Conjecture	Knowledge	Critical approval of the new by a reference group i.e. Change-RL3.
RL1	Action	Determine Choices	Performance	Decision methods	Modes for Achieving	Management	Achievement	Uncertainties about choices and their effects i.e. Inquiry-RL2.

Start now with the Primal Need of RL1/PH1-Action: Determinants of Achievement: PH'1CHK.

Initially posted: 30-Nov-2013. Last amended 8-Jan-2023