Here I have now conceptually and substantively defined the terms and subscripts in the basic equations to bring out g as situation, and to relate this basic equation explicitly to specific, common behavior, as in Equation 8.3 . Nor am I striving to maintain consistency. The previous theoretical-empirical work antedates by many years that of these Volumes. Then I had only a partial conception of the conflict helix. Each age and each discipline has its mindless slogans.
Situation is a latent function, operationally, in being defined by the canonical variates.
Each canonical variate is, mathematically, an eigenvector and interpretable as a component. On latent functions see Chapter 10 of Vol. The Dynamic Psychological Field . For citations see the Vol.