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Subject-object shifts—where what was previously invisible…
Subject-object shifts—where what was previously invisible and controlling becomes something you can observe and manage—constitute the mechanism of developmental stage transitions.
Why This Is a Principle
This derives from Cognitive Defusion: Thoughts Are Objects (thoughts as separable objects), Two-Level Metacognitive Architecture (metacognition with object/meta levels), and Schemas as Knowledge Organization Structures (schemas). It prescribes what drives developmental stage progression per Kegan's framework. General principle about cognitive development.