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Overview
Model A groups eight positions into four two-position blocks. In BWB, a block is an attributed school structure and a research hypothesis about coordinated use of two aspect operations. It is not a pair of cognitive abilities, brain modules, or fixed character traits. See Socionics as a Hypothesis of Latent Reality Modeling.
Block map
| Block | Positions | Proposed mode combination |
|---|---|---|
| Ego | 1 + 2 | stable foreground framing + flexible situational production |
| Super-Ego | 3 + 4 | norm-guided effort + least-stable modeling under pressure |
| Super-Id | 5 + 6 | externally scaffolded intake + supported development |
| Id | 7 + 8 | background monitoring + automatic background production |
The source tradition also describes blocks with strong/weak, conscious/vital, and valued/unvalued labels. Those labels remain attributed Model A terminology; they are not BWB measurements.
Ego block
Positions 1 and 2 propose a foreground frame paired with flexible production. Research should ask whether the two relevant operations recur in those modes across comparable tasks. It must not infer competence from the block label.
Super-Ego block
Positions 3 and 4 propose norm-guided use paired with the least-stable-under-pressure mode. A recorded error or strain can support only a local task observation; it is not a general deficit and may reflect role demands, unfamiliarity, health, or stress.
Super-Id block
Positions 5 and 6 propose externally scaffolded intake paired with supported or activated development. Welcoming another person's framing is not evidence of incapacity, dependence, or guaranteed complementarity.
Id block
Positions 7 and 8 propose background monitoring paired with automatic background production. “Background” concerns the hypothesized use mode, not hidden expertise or a guaranteed strength.
Paired-operation hypothesis
Each block pairs an accepting and a producing position. BWB treats this as a candidate sequence between two operations: what one representation registers and what the paired operation produces or updates. The sequence must be operationalized and tested rather than assumed from a type code.
Observations and alternatives
Observe selection, compression, inference, revision after feedback, error patterns, response time, and transfer. Compare the block hypothesis with expertise, task cues, language, culture, role, motivation, health, sensory access, stress, and familiarity.
Caveats
- A block does not establish ability, intelligence, personality, diagnosis, vocation, or moral worth.
- Positions 1/2/7/8 are not ready-made strengths; 3/4/5/6 are not deficits.
- Block contact does not predict relationship fate or total compatibility.
- The four blocks, their independence, and their natural basis remain unvalidated.