May
24, 2016
Written
by Maximus Peperkamp, M.S. Verbal Engineer
Dear Reader,
Whenever people are introduced to
Sound Verbal Behavior (SVB), they usually ask a lot of questions. These questions are
primarily about what they should do under difficult circumstances. People like
to know what to do so that negative consequences can be avoided. These questions
derive from aversive circumstances, which set the stage for Noxious Verbal
Behavior (NVB).
Talking about aversive circumstances and answering questions which arose from such circumstances prevents us from exploring what SVB is. We need to know that SVB occurs under different circumstances than NVB. We are familiar with moments of SVB that alternate with moments of NVB, but we don’t realize that this is because of the changed circumstances. The context makes our talk fluctuate and these fluctuations can be heard in the sound of our voices while we speak.
It is common for us to have a lot of NVB and to move back and forth between SVB and NVB, but we don’t know how to continue SVB. We don’t know yet how to maintain the contingency that makes SVB possible.
Questions about what to do in an aversive situation are asked in a situation that is created by me, which makes SVB possible, but such questions change that situation and elicit NVB. My answer is: recognize and avoid those situations. However, one is only able to do that if one discriminates SVB and NVB. Thus, by not asking these questions and by creating and maintaining the situation in which SVB can and will happen and, therefore, can be explored, the contrast between SVB and NVB becomes more clear and as this happens many questions are answered without even being asked.
Also, as our SVB continues, certain important questions can finally be asked which couldn’t be asked as long as we were going back and forth between SVB and NVB or as long as NVB continued. Only those who engage in SVB can know what it is for.
Talking about aversive circumstances and answering questions which arose from such circumstances prevents us from exploring what SVB is. We need to know that SVB occurs under different circumstances than NVB. We are familiar with moments of SVB that alternate with moments of NVB, but we don’t realize that this is because of the changed circumstances. The context makes our talk fluctuate and these fluctuations can be heard in the sound of our voices while we speak.
It is common for us to have a lot of NVB and to move back and forth between SVB and NVB, but we don’t know how to continue SVB. We don’t know yet how to maintain the contingency that makes SVB possible.
Questions about what to do in an aversive situation are asked in a situation that is created by me, which makes SVB possible, but such questions change that situation and elicit NVB. My answer is: recognize and avoid those situations. However, one is only able to do that if one discriminates SVB and NVB. Thus, by not asking these questions and by creating and maintaining the situation in which SVB can and will happen and, therefore, can be explored, the contrast between SVB and NVB becomes more clear and as this happens many questions are answered without even being asked.
Also, as our SVB continues, certain important questions can finally be asked which couldn’t be asked as long as we were going back and forth between SVB and NVB or as long as NVB continued. Only those who engage in SVB can know what it is for.
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