Meta Model + Extended Meta Model

Question 1

The 3 distinctions of the Meta Model

Answer 1

Distortions

Generalizations

Deletions

Question 2

Distortions

Answer 2

Nominalizations

Mind Reading

Cause + Effect

Complex Equivalences

Presuppositions

Question 3

Generalizations

Answer 3

Universal Quantifiers (all, always, ever, every)

Modal Operators (possibility/impossibility, nessesity/desire)

Lost Performatives

Question 4

Deletions

Answer 4

Unspecified verbs

Lack of referential index

Comparative deletions

Simple deletions

Question 5

What are the 8 extended Extended Meta Model distinctions?

Answer 5

Identification

Static Words

Delusional Verbal Split

Either or Phrases

Pseudo Words

Multi Ordinality

Personalizing

Metaphoring

Question 6

What are Nominalizations?

Answer 6

Process words frozen in time.

“We lack communication”

Turn noun back into verb “who is not communicating?”, “how would you like to communicate?”

Recovers the process, actions, movements, etc.

Question 7

What is Mind-Reading?

Answer 7

Claiming to know someone’s internal state.

“You have a problem with authority”

Question source of data

“How do you know?”
“What lets you know?”

Question 8

What are Cause-Effect statements?

Answer 8

“Causation” assumed without adequate description.

“You make me angry”

Ask about process.

“How does what I’m doing cause you to feel angry?”

Recover the mechanism that explains the cause

Question 9

What are Complex Equivalences ?

Answer 9

Two experiences interpreted as synonymous

“Her frown means she’s rejecting me”

Ask about the equation E.B. = I.S.

“How do you equate her frowning to being rejected?”

“Has anyone frowned at you that didn’t reject you?”

Recovers the external behavior and internal state
Recovers Complex Equivalence
Counter Example

Question 10

What are Presuppositions?

Answer 10

“If you knew the importance of school you would study harder”

Ask about the assumptions

“What leads you to think that I don’t know the importance of school?”

Recovers assumed ideas.

Question 11

What are Universal Quantifiers?

Answer 11

Universal generalizations such as all, every, never, no one, etc.

Find counter examples

“all?”
“Never?”

Recovers exceptions, causes, details, counter examples

Question 12

What are Modal Operators?

Answer 12

A. Modal Operators of necessity/desire as in should, shouldn’t, must, must not, have to, need to, it’s necessary

“I have to take care of her”

“What would happened if you didn’t?”
“Or?”

Recovers mode of operation
Recovers causes

B. Modal Operators of possibility/ impossibility as in can’t/can, will/will not, may/may not, possible/impossible

“I can’t tell him the truth”

“What prevents you?”
“What would happen if you did?”

Question 13

What are Lost Performatives?

Answer 13

Value judgement apart from originator.

“It’s bad to judge”

Seek source of statement

“Who says it’s bad to judge?”
“Says who?”
“How do you know?”

Gather evidence
Recovers source

Question 14

What are Simple Deletions?

Answer 14

“I am uncomfortable”

“About what, whom?”

Recover deletion

Question 15

What is a Comparative Deletion?

Answer 15

As in good, better, best, worst, more, less, most, least.

“She’s a better person”

“Better than who?”
“Better at what?”
“Compared to whom or what?”

Recovers cooperative deletion

Question 16

What is Lack of Referential Index?

Answer 16

Unspecified nouns and verbs.
Fails to specify a person or thing

“They don’t listen to me”

“Who doesn’t listen to you?”

Recovers the noun or the referential index

Question 17

What are Unspecified Verbs?

Answer 17

Those verbs where the statement leaves out the person doing the thing acting or desired action.

“You don’t care about me”

“How specifically do I not care about you?

Specifies the verb

Question 18

What are ‘Identification’ statements?

Answer 18

-‘‘Hes a democrat’’
‘‘How specifically does he identify with the term democrat?”
“In what way?”

'’Upon what basis do you evaluate her using the term ‘‘Jerk’’?’’

Recovers the process of identification or predictio. Invites one to create new generalizations

Question 19

What are ‘Static Words’ statements?

Answer 19

'’Science says that….’’
‘‘What Science specifically?’’
‘‘Science according to who’s model or theory?’’
‘‘Science at what time?’’

Recovers the deleted details

Question 20

What are ‘Over/Under Defined Terms’?

Answer 20

'’I married him because I thought he would make a good husband’’
‘‘What behaviors and responses would make a good husband for you?’’
‘‘what reference do you uses for the word husband?

Recovers the existential facts about the terms used

Question 21

What is an example of ‘Delusional Verbal Splits’’?

Answer 21

'’His Mind has nothing to do with his depression’’
‘‘How can you have mind apart from body or body apart from mind?’’

Recovers the split that someone has created verbally in language

Question 22

What are examples of ‘Either or Phrases?

Answer 22

'’If I don’t make this relationship work, it proves my incompetence’’
‘‘So you have no other alternative except total success or failure?
“You can’t imagine any intermediate steps or stages?

Recovers the continuum deleted by the either or structure

Question 23

What are “Pseudo-Word’’ statements?

Answer 23

'’And that makes him a failure’’
‘‘What do you mean by failure?’’

Challenges a map that uses words that have no real referent

Question 24

What are ‘Multi-Ordinality’ statements?

Answer 24

’’ What do you think of yourself?’’
‘‘On what level of abstraction do you refer to ‘‘self’’,’‘Self’’ can have many different meanings, depending on context and usage- How do you mean it?

Recovers the level of abstraction that the speaker operates from
Specifies the context and order

Question 25

What are ‘‘Personalizing’ statements?

Answer 25

'’He does that just to irritate me’’
‘‘How do you know his intentions?’’
‘‘How do you know to take these actions in a personal way?’’

Challenges process of personalizing

Question 26

What are “Metaphor’’ statements?

Answer 26

'’That reminds me of a time when john ….’’
‘‘How does this story relate to the point you want to make?’’

Recovers the isomorphic relationship between the story and the persons concepts