The powerpoints are based upon a section in the book I am writing, The Dance of Life in Nature and the Family, that looks at the phylogenetic history, evolutionary history, of the family through the lens of Bowen theory. It is really a learning experience for me that may lead down many a rabbit hole. It is interesting that I cannot find articles that address triangling process in forms of life earlier in evolution than mammals. I am hoping that some of you may have examples to mention.
Some ideas that have come thru presenting this material have been that there are triangles between species as well as within a species. There are plenty of examples of predator-prey, for example, but is any twosome in relation to a third?
Thank you for your ideas.
Victoria,
When it comes to physiological measures of anxiety, I am totally without knowledge to take part in a discussion except to say that I see that you use them to get data that is effective in helping clients to see their emotional process.
Regarding triangles in nature, my thought is that when the behavior of two organisms changes in the presence of a third, that is a triangle. If three lizards are behaving like two insiders and an outsider, that is a triangle. If they just happen to be around each other without influencing one another’s behavior, that is a coincidence, per David Crews. Once we know the triangle as a concept, it is an abstraction that we can superimpose on any collection of organisms but in doing so we can be reading in something that isn’t really there.