NLP. Meta Model
Deletion - answer Something has been removed and must be recovered.
How Does One Restore Deletions? - answer Ask: Who or What. then turn back into a
process.
How Does One Restore Distortions? - answer Ask: How?
Distortion - answer Something has been changed and must be changed back to its
original form.
How Does One Restore Generalizations? - answer Ask: What would happen if?
Generalization - answer Something has been simplified and must be specified.
Mind Reading: Distortion - answer Claiming to know someone's internal state and/or
what they're thinking. i.e. "People don't like me".
Lost Performative: Distortion - answer Value judgements where the person doing the
judging is left out. i.e. "It's bad to be inconsistent".
Cause & Effect: Distortion - answer Where cause is wrongly put outside the self. Also,
when one event takes place, a second event will automatically follow. i.e. "He makes
me so angry".
Complex Equivalence: Distortion - answer Where two experiences are interpreted as
being synonymous. i.e. "She's always yelling at me, she doesn't like me".
Presupposition: Distortion - answer What we must hold true for a person's language to
be grammatically correct. i.e. "If my husband knew how much I suffered, he wouldn't do
that".
Universal Quantifier: Generalization - answer Takes a single example and makes it
apply to all cases or at all times. i.e. "Always, Never, Everyone, No One".
Modal Operator of Necessity: Generalization - answerA rule which influences the future
performance of an action. i.e. "Should, Shouldn't, Must, Must Not, Need To, Have To".
Modal Operator of Possibility (Or Impossibility) : Generalization - answerA rule which
influences the future performance of an action. i.e. " Can/Can't, Will/Won't,
Possible/Impossible".
Deletion - answer Something has been removed and must be recovered.
How Does One Restore Deletions? - answer Ask: Who or What. then turn back into a
process.
How Does One Restore Distortions? - answer Ask: How?
Distortion - answer Something has been changed and must be changed back to its
original form.
How Does One Restore Generalizations? - answer Ask: What would happen if?
Generalization - answer Something has been simplified and must be specified.
Mind Reading: Distortion - answer Claiming to know someone's internal state and/or
what they're thinking. i.e. "People don't like me".
Lost Performative: Distortion - answer Value judgements where the person doing the
judging is left out. i.e. "It's bad to be inconsistent".
Cause & Effect: Distortion - answer Where cause is wrongly put outside the self. Also,
when one event takes place, a second event will automatically follow. i.e. "He makes
me so angry".
Complex Equivalence: Distortion - answer Where two experiences are interpreted as
being synonymous. i.e. "She's always yelling at me, she doesn't like me".
Presupposition: Distortion - answer What we must hold true for a person's language to
be grammatically correct. i.e. "If my husband knew how much I suffered, he wouldn't do
that".
Universal Quantifier: Generalization - answer Takes a single example and makes it
apply to all cases or at all times. i.e. "Always, Never, Everyone, No One".
Modal Operator of Necessity: Generalization - answerA rule which influences the future
performance of an action. i.e. "Should, Shouldn't, Must, Must Not, Need To, Have To".
Modal Operator of Possibility (Or Impossibility) : Generalization - answerA rule which
influences the future performance of an action. i.e. " Can/Can't, Will/Won't,
Possible/Impossible".
