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# Relationships Organize Information in Mind and Nature (R)

Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E, Systems 10(3):71, 2022

## Abstract

Diverse phenomena such as feedback, interconnectedness, causality, network dynamics, and complexity are all born from Relationships. They are fundamentally important, as they are transdisciplinary and synonymous with connections, links, edges, and interconnections. The foundation of systems thinking and systems themselves consists of four universals, one of which is action–reaction Relationships. They are also foundational to the consilience of knowledge. This publication gives a formal description of and predictions of action–reaction Relationships (R) or “R-rule”. There are seven original empirical studies presented in this paper. For these seven studies, experiments for the subjects were created on software (unless otherwise noted). The experiments had the subjects complete a task and/or answer a question. The samples are generalizable to a normal distribution of the US population and they vary for each study (ranging from N = 407 to N = 34,398). With high statistical significance the studies support the predictions made by DSRP Theory regarding action–reaction Relationships including its universality as an observable phenomenon in both nature (ontological complexity) and mind (cognitive complexity); mutual dependencies on other universals (i.e., Distinctions, Systems, and Perspectives); role in structural predictions; internal structures and dynamics; efficacy as a metacognitive skill. In conclusion, these data suggest the observable and empirical existence, parallelism (between cognitive and ontological complexity), universality, and efficacy of action–reaction Relationships (R).

## What they found (results)

The same square was called square by 55.17% alone, large by 75.36% beside a smaller one, and medium by 81.77% between a smaller and a larger — the square never changed. Coding recorded which size label was dragged, with no DSRP category in the scoring. One subject in 203 connected two words unprompted; after a structural cue, 44.6% did.

## Response

The load-bearing evidence that relational context moves distinction-making, measured without any DSRP category in the coding scheme. This is what makes 'P affects D' a demonstrated claim rather than an asserted one.

## Experiments reported in this paper

- [Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E (2022). Affective Squares. Systems 10(3):71.](https://dsrpevidence.org/experiment/313)
- [Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E (2022). Dog–Lab–Coat. Systems 10(3):71.](https://dsrpevidence.org/experiment/319) (N ≈ 200 per cell)
- [Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E (2022). What Makes a Circle. Systems 10(3):71.](https://dsrpevidence.org/experiment/354) (N = 406)
- [Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E (2022). What Makes a Square. Systems 10(3):71.](https://dsrpevidence.org/experiment/355)

[Read the paper](https://doi.org/10.3390/systems10030071)