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An Archetype is a Loop Structure That Repeats Across Domains with One Signature Behavior Graph

Tier-0 anchor for the whole prefix: defines the object every later node instantiates and fixes the two-part contract (loop diagram plus behaviour-over-time signature) that outcome claim 3 is graded on. Rests on lop- (reinforcing vs balancing, delay) and stk- (behaviour-over-time graphs); everything else in arc- rests on it. Stops at the fence: no simulation, no equations, and it explicitly refuses to treat archetypes as laws.

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System Archetypes in Systems Thinking

System archetypes are generic, recurring patterns of causal structure and feedback loops that produce similar observable behaviors across otherwise unrelated systems, allowing analysts to recognize a…