Module Four Flashcards
Sub Modalities for Change
What does the idea of sub-modalities refer to?
It’s a simple concept that refers to the individual components of a specific memory.
These components could be things like:
- How big something is
- How bright the colours are
- How far away something is
- How loud the sounds are
A submodality in neuro-linguistic programming is a distinction of form or structure (rather than content) within a sensory representational system.
What can you use ‘Mapping Across’ sub-modalities for?
To transition from one internal state to another.
E.g. You can move from an un-resourceful state of confusion to a more resourceful state of acceptance or understanding.
What is Contrastive Analysis
The study that investigates the differences in language.
In NLP, it is used to find the possible drivers of an internal representation. This process allows you to distinguish the different ways people code their thinking. Drivers are sub-modalities that, when changed, also change other sub-modalities.
What are Drivers?
Usually, one or two sub-modalities that bring the other sub-modalities when changed.
What are Critical Sub-Modalities?
The one or two that cause the person to make a shift are usually the same as the drivers, but they could be different.
Location is often a Driver—it’s one of the few sub-modalities common to V, A, and K.
What is the difference between Associated and Disassociated in NLP regarding representation?
Associated - internal representation (their viewpoint is located within the representation), they will have access to the feelings in that experience.
Disassociated - (outside of the experience) the feelings will be less intense - though they may still have feelings about what they are seeing.
Generally, the more a person talks about an experience, the more they will associate with it. This is useful when you are eliciting resource states - not so useful with unresourceful experiences, as strong negative emotions can shut down the thinking process.
Give an example of an Analogue Sub-Modalitiy
A spectrum, like Bright to Dim
Give an example of a Digital Sub-Modality
One thing or the other, like Associated/Disassociated
Give some examples of Visual Sub-Modalities
Frame (Framed / Unbounded)
Location
Brightness (Dim/Bright)
Focused / Defocused
3D or Flat
Movie or Still
Size of Picture
B&W or Colour
Distance (Near/Far)
Associated / Disassociated
Speed (Fast / Normal / Slow)
What are two key factors in Sub-Modality Work?
- Position yourself off to one side - rather than directly in front of them so that they have room to picture their representations and their eyes won’t be fixed on you.
The better you calibrate the client’s nonverbal responses (e.g., where their eyes go when they picture their belief or changes in their voice tone, which show how certain they are about what they are saying), the easier and more successful the intervention will be.
What is the Swish Pattern Technique
This technique allows you to redirect your negative thinking, replacing it with more positive or appropriate thoughts and actions.
This technique is used in both NLP and Hypnosis. It is a beneficial technique for dissolving unwanted thoughts and emotions.
You can use this technique to redirect your thinking to help you manage your responses to stressful situations and help you engage in the behaviours you do want to continue in.
What is Fear?
A conditioned response that a person learns over time and can be released. (Fight or Flight).
What are Pre-Suppositions?
These are statements that you have to accept as true in order to make sense of something.
You don’t have to believe them. but you will only get good results with NLP when you act as if they are true.
- The map is not the territory
- We cannot NOT communicate
- We have all the resources we need
- All behaviour has a positive intention
- The meaning of my communication is the response I get
- There are no failures, only outcomes.
