1. Concreteness Categories Examples Responses Deletions Moral Imperatives
"I am going" I'm scared" She is the best
"Going where?" "Of what?" Best compared with whom?"
Moral Imperatives
"I should learn this list" "I must not neglect my studies"
What is the reason you should, must do this?

2. Concreteness Categories Examples Responses Emotional Magic
“Your frowning makes me mad” “As long as my teacher is around, I feel happy” “When you frown, I know you hate me” “I know he doesn’t love me” “When he frowns, I know he hates me” “My wife wants to work. She doesn’t love me”
“Specifically, how does my frowning cause you to be mad?” “How, specifically, does the presence of your teacher cause you to be happy?” “How, specifically, do you know that my frowning means I hate you?” “Was there ever a time when he frowned and he loved you?” “Have you ever frowned at someone you love?” “Do you love your wife and also want her to work?”

3. Concreteness Categories Examples Responses
Overgeneralizations
“I always have trouble learning this kind of material" “I always lose arguments”
“You never have learned any kind of material like this before ever?” “Was there ever a time when you didn’t lose an argument?”
Adapted from a table in Cormier and Cormier (1991) from a list compiled by R. Rittenhouse (personal communication, June 1982) and Bandler and Grinder (1975).