Rolla examines in a very interesting way the parallel between analytic communication and the patient's social behavior. In both, communication takes place through verbal and nonverbal similarities. For example, a social climber's way of handling people in the outside world may be compared to the patient's behavior and communications in the transference. In both situations the patient aims to maneuver others,—persons he meets or the analyst,—through verbal and nonverbal communication. The oral triad is apparent in both situations. The social techniques and the analytic communications of various types of personality are described.