July 14, 2015

July 14, 2015

Written by Maximus Peperkamp, M.S. Verbal Engineer

Dear Reader, 

 

This is the seventh writing which includes findings that were reported by the animal researchers Owren and Rendall in their paper “An affect conditioning model of nonhuman primate vocal signaling” (1997).

It is amazing what ‘falling behind’ and ‘catching up’ can reveal. I will write about these papers later. Without ‘falling behind’ and without organizing a way to get ‘back on track’again certain discoveries could never be made. 

There is a need to ‘fall behind’ so that one can ‘catch up’ and this need is especially apparent in our vocal verbal behavior. In yesterday’s writing I still had the need to mention that my writing was only going to be one page long, but today I don ‘t have that urge anymore. 

Due to my catching-up-actions my language dissolves. Yesterday morning, as I was meditating near the creek, there was only the sound of the water and the birds and I had this one thought how important it is to be quiet. 

Inasmuch as we need to talk, we also need to be able to be quiet. Also, we need a way of talking which makes us quiet. Noxious Verbal Behavior (NVB), in which the speaker influences the behavior of the listener in a negative way, cannot accomplish this, but Sound Verbal Behavior (SVB), in which the speaker affects the listener with an affiliative, appetitive and positive contingency, creates and instills peacefulness. 

To discover and establish SVB, we must identify and prevent NVB. While we speak with one another, we must acknowledge that we ‘fall behind’ and ‘get off the track.’We engage in NVB and when we acknowledge that, we  ‘catch up’ and we regain and maintain SVB. 

There is no other way 'to catch up' then by talking. Although this process can be described in writing and many writings have been about this, such writings could never result into us getting ‘back on track’ and ‘catching up’ with our speaking. For that to happen, we must stop ourselves and each other each time when we have NVB.