A Quantum-Mechanical Mathematical Model with Either-or Questions Posited as a Potential Key for Improving Underdeveloped Ego Autonomy during Early Adolescence

A quantum-mechanical mathematical model using a two-state system is applied to conceptualize life and death drives as dynamical variables, akin to spin components, with the mental state represented as a state vector. The indeterminacy of consciousness is hypothesized to arise from the indeterminacy of drives. Either–or questions are proposed as interventions to foster emotional awareness by fixing position through resonance, enabling the probing of 50% probability states. The model allows quantitative discussion of transition probabilities and uncertainty relations in psychology, offering a starting point for differentiating and integrating drives in psychodynamic intervention from an economic theory perspective.

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Abstract

Background Although drives cannot be demonstrated to be quantum phenomena, the formulation proceeds by defining drives in terms of their neural correlates and by hypothesizing that the indeterminacy associated with consciousness arises from the indeterminacy of drives. We also explore interventions using either–or questions designed to foster emotional awareness related to changes in drive. Methods This study formulates the uncertainty relations accompanying the quantum fluctuation of life and death drives using a two-state system quantum-mechanical mathematical model. A function hypothesis model of an intervention method with either–or questions is developed. A drive is considered a dynamical variable and denoted as the operator of spin components, and the mental state is represented as the quantum-mechanical state vector. Results Either–or questions function to assist intrapersonal drive energy development through the fixation of position enabled by the resonance of position and drive. The assignment of words to particles of the opposite vector enables the formulation of questions that probe 50% probability. Conclusions We can quantitatively discuss transition probabilities and uncertainty relations in the psychological model. This model benefits the literature by creating a starting point for the differentiation and integration of the two drives in a psychodynamic intervention while maintaining the perspective of economic theory.