Category: Concepts

Requisite Variety is the flexibility of thought and behavior. It signifies that whoever has the greatest flexibility in behavior will have the greatest influence over any situation they are in.  This term originates from the Law of Requisite Variety, which originated in cybernetics and systems thinking.

Representational System Primacy is the systematic use of one sense over the others to process and organize in a given context. Primary representational system will determine many personality traits as well as learning capabilities. See also Primary or Preferred Representational System.

Reframing is a process where new choices or behaviors are established to replace undesired ones while satisfying the same positive intention yet without the problematic by-products. Reframing applies the understanding that the response to a sensory experience is not based on what is going on in sensory experience – it is based on the meaning that the person […]

Rapport is the presence of trust, harmony, and co-operation between people. A relationship or state of having trust and mutual responsiveness with others. Rapport often occurs naturally, and one of the focuses of NLP is learning how to consciously develop it with someone, quickly and easily. Breaking rapport can also be useful in some circumstances. Rapport can be easily […]

Process is about how it is done whereas Content is what is done. What you say is content and how you say it is process. For example the Swish Pattern works with smoking, over-eating, nail-biting, and many other habits, because it works not with the behavior itself but with the way in that an individual is compelled […]

Primary System (Preferred System) is the representational system that an individual uses most to think consciously and organize his or her experience.

Preferred System (Primary System) is the representational system that an individual uses most to think consciously and organize his or her experience.

Predicates are process words that a person selects to describe a subject, such as verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. Predicates are used in NLP to identify what representational system a person is using to process information (eg. I see what you mean? That rings a bell?).

The mind compares sensory information to stored models or ideas of how reality has been previously experienced and organized. Upon receiving a sensory impression the mind matches the impression to the stored images. If the individual initially notices the aspects that match the image, this is called a positive responder. If the person notices the […]

Physiology has to do with the physical part of a person.