Analysis of the Tree

The Story so Far

Trees have been discovered and developed without appreciating the significance. Here, the steps in such a construction are specified, and the current conjectures and findings are added to increase understanding.

The analysis described in the previous topic produced the following pattern:

Stage
 Mode Basis Cycles in Spiral Psychosocial Pressure
 Spiral
Tree L		 Internal Duality
φ7 Type-5 Cycle-2
Actualization pressures		 Acceptability CL7 = KL7 RL(n+1)
φ6 Type-7 Well-being CL6 = KL6
φ5 Type-2 Certainty CL5 = KL5
φ4 Type-1 Cycle-1 Transcendence pressures Autonomy CL4 = KL4 RL(n)
φ3 Type-4 Understanding CL3 = KL3
φ2 Type-6 Selflessness CL2 = KL2
φ1 Type-3 Primal Nexus Performance CL1 = KL1
           

The essence of the Mode that specifies a Stage becomes a Level in the Tree i.e. CL1 from μ1, CL2 from φ2 and so on. This essence is the content of the Centre (or Centres where there are two in a Level).

Transcendence pressures exist to energize and establish the Primal Means despite obstacles and difficulties.

As a result, the function of the lower portion of the Spiral-Tree (corresponding to Cycle-1) is described as energizing and establishing.

Actualization pressures deal with constraints and requirements that ensure the Primal Means produces a maximally desirable-feasible result in the world as it is.

As a result, the function of the lower portion of the Spiral-Tree (corresponding to Cycle-2) is described as constraining and enabling.

Psychosocial Pressures

The psychosocial pressures associated with the Spiral architecture need to be viewed separately to the psychosocial pressures associated the Tree architecture. The current conjecture is as follows:

  • Tree KL pressures determine the psychological frame of mind that should affect Centre content i.e. it forms an input to deliberation and choice.
  • Mode CL pressures deal with quality and nature of the output produced for the particular Centre.
  • As actualization pressures are in the upper section, dominance reverses the conventional arrangement:
    ■ social/external/environmental/objective dominates at KL3.
    ■ personal & psychological factors dominate at KL5 & KL6.

Because the Tree is a Root hierarchy, albeit re-ordered, its levels remain KL1 - KL7. So the psychosocial pressures intrinsic to those Levels remain as shown on the left-below. A standard terminology has been developed to capture this as shown in the Tree diagram on the right.

  KL7: Selflessness







KL6: Autonomy





 

KL5: Understanding

 



KL4: Well-being


 



KL3: Acceptability


 




KL2: Certainty

 




KL1: Performance

The next diagram shows the psychosocial pressures associated with the Modes (cf. Table at top of the page).

  CL7: Acceptability







CL6: Well-Being






CL5: Certainty






CL4: Autonomy







CL3: Understanding






CL2: Selflessness






CL1: Performance

It follows that two psychosocial pressures are in play for each Centre in the Tree. This is exactly the same situation as found in the initial emergent hierarchies, although all Centres in those Trees possessed an identical psychosocial pressure.

Internal Duality

The 4-level Style (Q) Hierarchy for the Root Hierarchy has been established as follows:

L Style Hierarchy   Elaboration
δ

γ

β

α 		■ Directing

■ Harmonizing

■ Organising

■ Pursuing.		   Directing Evolving Reality

Reconciling Divergent Realities

Organising Reality

Interacting with Reality

However, the picture here is somewhat more complicated because the internal duality reflects an additional psychosocial pressure based on its origins in Root Levels. Whereas the KL• and CL• pressures are identical for every Spiral-Tree (as shown above), the specific additional Root-based psychosocial pressures will vary according to the particular Spiral.

The general picture is shown below with details place in the left-most column (green font). Specific Trees will be presented in the Topics to follow.

This Matrix-Table brings all the above together:

Spiral
Level		 Centres
 Root Q-Modal Hierarchy Function Spiral
Pressure
(Output)
 Root Tree
Level		 Tree
Pressure
(Input)
CL7 from μ7 Essence 
of L'5		 Reconcile Divergent Realities Constraining&
Enabling
by Actualizing the Psychosocial Pressure
at
RL(n+1) 		Acceptability
(Change-RL3)		 KL7 Selflessness
CL6 from μ6 Essence 
of L'7		 Organise Reality Well-being
(Experience-RL4		 KL6 Autonomy
CL5 from μ5 Essence 
of L'2		 Interact with Reality Certainty
(Inquiry-RL2)		 KL5 Understanding
CL4 from μ4 Essence 
of L'1		 Direct Evolving Reality Energizing
&
Establishing
by
Transcending the Psychosocial Pressure
at
RL(n)		 Autonomy
(Purpose-RL6)		 KL4 Well-being
CL3 from μ3 Essence 
of L'4		 Reconcile Divergent Realities Understanding
(Communication-RL5)		 KL3 Acceptability
CL2 from μ2 Essence 
of L'6		 Organise Reality Selflessness
(Willingness-RL7)		 KL2 Certainty
CL1 from μ1 Essence 
of L'3		 Interact with Reality Primal Nexus Performance
(Action-RL1)		 KL1 Performance