September 28, 2014
Written by Maximus Peperkamp, M.S. Verbal Behaviorist
Dear Reader,
Whether Russian or Chinese, every language consists of two
languages. There is supportive, peaceful, respectful, sincere, reciprocal,
positive, open, sensitive, kind, pleasant-sounding, scientific English, but,
there is also hostile, distrustful, nasty, aggressive, negative, guarded,
defensive, pretentious, hurtful, harsh, rude, horrible-sounding, cut-throat, biased,
unscientific, my-way-or-the-highway English. The former is Sound Verbal
Behavior (SVB), the latter Noxious Verbal Behavior (NVB). We are not in the
habit of viewing SVB and NVB, as two different
languages, because we don’t approach how we speak in a scientific manner. We must pay attention to independent variables in the internal and
external environment of which our speech, the dependent variable, is always a
function.
One way to explain SVB is by imagining that one is safely going to
bed. One unwinds from a busy day and one looks forward to going to sleep. As
one prepares to lie down in bed, one doesn’t engage in any activity and when
one’s head hits the pillow one falls almost immediately asleep. The reader is
asked to think of that moment in which one starts to feel sleepy. Instead of
falling asleep, the reader is asked to stay awake and speak. One speaks with a sleepy voice
and the fact that one speaks makes one even sleepier than one already was.
One’s voice sounds calm and is almost inaudible. It is with this gentle voice
that one begins to recognize the possibilities of SVB. One remains awake,
because one’s voice sounds so good that one wants to explore its beneficial
effects. One doesn’t fall asleep, because one’s voice generates a sense of
well-being that increases as one speaks and makes one feel quiet and conscious.
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