September 27, 2016

September 27, 2016

Written by Maximus Peperkamp, M.S. Verbal Engineer

Dear Reader,

I am convinced that we can have scientific spoken communication. I am not talking about improving spoken communication. I am only interested in what really works. Only SVB is scientific communication which works.

Our Noxious Verbal Behavior (NVB) has kept us ignorant about many things which have been known for years. It is disastrous what most human beings do is mainly decided by NVB, by unscientific behavior.

As long as we are not clear about what is spoken communication and what it is not we keep accepting as normal something which is abnormal. This is why NVB in which we are stressed, frustrated, anxious and defensive is more common than SVB in which we are happy and at ease.

We don’t have a well-defined theoretical understanding of our spoken communication. When we talk our sound has an effect on the listener. The speaker’s sound induces positive or negative affect in the listener.

How can we possible have a positive relationship if our sound induces negative feelings in the listener? It is impossible and to expect it to be possible is self-defeating. All our relationship problems are maintained by NVB in which the forceful voice of the speaker assaults the ears of the listener in an harsh attempt to dominate and oppress that listener. 

NVB occurs in hostile environments. As long as human beings continue to be impacted by stimuli which they perceive as threatening, they will produce NVB. Only if we create the environments in which listeners are affected by stimuli, by sounds of speakers, which they perceive as positive, will they be able to produce SVB. Once we agree on this point of view nothing stops us anymore from consistently engaging in SVB.