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Possible responses for the exercise.
a. Individually identify what has been deleted and propose a response to the deletion.
b. Share responses in the group. Did different people notice different deletions? What are
the different direction can the different responses take the subject? Notice that there are many
other meta model patterns in most of the statements.
c. Remember, deletions only - here you don't have to go after every pattern. But for fun,
notice
how many other patterns can be found in each sentence,
Samples:
1. You always talk as though you're mad.
2. Running away doesn't help the situation.
3. The overwhelming cost of living disturbs me.
4. Communicating is always difficult.
5. My son's beliefs worry me.
a. Individually identify what has been deleted and propose a response to the generalization.
b. Share responses in the group. Did different people notice different generalizations? What
are
the different direction can the different responses take the subject?
c. Remember, generalizations only - here you don't have to go after every pattern.
Samples:
1. Communicating is always difficult.
2 It's necessary to behave well in public.
3. Cats are better than dogs.
4. Practice makes perfect.
5. That's unfortunate.
Follow the same instructions as for the two previous exercises, this time dealing only with
distortions.
Samples:
1. His attitude insults me.
2. He's angry at me.
3. I don't want to get angry, but she's always blaming me.
4. Your whispering distracts me.
5. I'm sure she liked the movie.
Turn the following nouns into the processes they describe:
Attention
Decision
Tension
Help
Frustration
Temper
Fear
Learning
Disability
Excitement
Annoying disturbance
Bad attitude
Health
Identify two different possible responses to each set of patterns. Compare the different
directions
each response could point the subject in, and discuss which is most useful and why.
1. My son's beliefs worry me. I know they are going to hold him back in life and be barriers
to
success.
2. Your whispering distracts me. It always has to be quiet in the back of the room or we
won't
get everything done that we need to.
3. Your bigoted suspicions annoy me constantly. The accusations have left me feeling upset
and
in a deep state of frustration. They aren't deserved. You are trying to ruin people's lives by
saying things like that.
4. I'm scared. So scared, in fact, that I can't sleep or eat. If this keeps up I'm going to go
crazy.
You know what I mean.
5. He's absolutely got to do better. They won't tolerate that much longer, even though he's
always done it that way. It's got to stop.
6. Let's not get bogged down in details. We've got to get to the root of the situation first or
we'll
never get anything accomplished.
7. I avoid situations I feel uncomfortable in. I always have. It's just not worth it to me. I
have to
be alone and never do anything I really want to do.
8. It's important to understand all these concepts. At least by making the initial effort, we
can
begin to get things handled the way they should have been done before. I'm sure you agree that's
best.
9. You've got to take other's feelings into consideration. Otherwise it's unfair, and likely to
make
you a lot of enemies. You don't want that, do you.
10. His obvious distaste for the way she was behaving upset her tremendously. Her
depression
lasted for days and days. He shouldn't have spouted off at her like that.
Possible responses for the exercise.
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