![]() ![]() The chapter begins by stating several generalizations about meaning in human verbal communication. The chapter concludes by applying this analysis to the phenomenon of psychological therapy for people with schizophrenia. ![]() ![]() In threats, play, and histrionics, three types of messages can be observed: a message or “mood-sign”, a message that simulates mood-signs, and messages which enable the receiver between mood-signs and the simulated mood-signs. Through studying animal behavior, Bateson identifies how meta-messages shape psychological frames. In this chapter, Bateson lays out the inherent paradoxes in some modes of communication such as threat, play, and deceit. Published in: Steps to an Ecology of Mind 5 notes FebruBateson 1972, Steps to an Ecology of Mind ![]()
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