NVC Core Principles & Fundamentals 2

Question 1

In Rosenberg's model of life-alienating communication, phrases such as "I had to" or "Company policy made me" are examples of which pattern?

Accepted Answer

Denial of responsibility

Answer

Language like "have to" hides our own choice, so Rosenberg calls it denial of responsibility.

Question 2

Rosenberg often quoted which thinker as saying that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence?

Accepted Answer

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Answer

Rosenberg credited this line to the Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Question 3

A participant says, "You never help with the dishes." From an NVC view, what is the main problem with this as an observation?

Accepted Answer

It mixes evaluation into the observation through the overgeneralization "never"

Answer

Words like "never" and "always" turn an observation into an evaluation that tends to provoke defensiveness.

Question 4

Which statement expresses a genuine feeling rather than a "faux feeling" that blames someone else?

Accepted Answer

I feel discouraged

Answer

"Discouraged" describes an inner state, while the other words suggest what someone else did to us.

Question 5

According to NVC, what most reliably shows whether something is a request or a demand?

Accepted Answer

How the speaker responds if the listener says no

Answer

If a "no" is met with blame, guilt, or punishment, the request was really a demand.

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