Ritualistic Communication Disorder

A disorder in which participants use stereotyped, ritualistic communications for apparently non communicative purposes. Baroness Simone von Cohen has described these interactions as "computerlike."
In a typical example, the subject asks "How're you?" as a form of greeting, which is always replied to with "Not too bad" even though the person asking doesn't really care and the person they're talking to probably isn't OK.
== History ==
Previously referred to in the SDM as "Small Talk Syndrome."
Category:Paracommunicative Disorders