Triadic Psychological Architecture and Triadic Balance Framework: A Theoretical Account of Human Motivation, Regulatory States, and the Conditions for Motivational Integration (Main Paper)

This paper presents the Triadic Psychological Architecture (TPA) — a theoretical motivational model identifying three neurobiologically distinct domains: SPAA (Self-Preservation and Appetitive Acquisition), AEACFO (Affective Empathy and Affective Care For Others), and ECA (Epistemic Curiosity and Analysis). These domains are modulated by a global regulatory state (iSPAA threat mode versus sSPAA safety mode). The paper introduces the Triadic Balance Framework (TBF) as its applied extension, thirteen testable predictions, seven falsification criteria, the iSPAA Default Hypothesis, the Co-Regularity Baseline Shift (CBS) mechanism, and the Application Target Principle. Philosophical extensions (Anchored Wellbeing Ethics, Convergent Viability Ethics, Configurational Epistemology) are treated concisely here and developed fully in Paper 6. Current epistemic status: 8/10 internal coherence, 3/10 empirical validation.