LCC Positive Psychology & Strengths-Based Coaching 3

Question 1

The primary distinction between a strengths-based coaching approach and a deficit-based approach is:

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Strengths-based coaching focuses on leveraging existing capabilities rather than fixing weaknesses

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Strengths-based coaching is faster and requires fewer sessions

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Deficit-based coaching is more appropriate for career transitions

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Deficit-based coaching is used exclusively in therapeutic clinical settings

Question 2

Solution-Focused Brief Coaching (SFBC) is characterized by which of the following techniques?

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Using the 'miracle question' to help clients envision a preferred future

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Extensive exploration of past problems and their developmental origins

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Diagnosing client issues using standardized assessment batteries

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Focusing primarily on unconscious motivations and hidden barriers

Question 3

In positive psychology coaching, helping a client identify their 'meaning and purpose' primarily involves:

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Exploring what activities create a sense of significance and contribution

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Administering standardized career aptitude tests

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Reviewing the client's academic and professional credentials

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Comparing the client's values against industry or societal benchmarks

Question 4

In coaching, positive reinforcement is most effective when it is:

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Specific, immediate, and directly tied to the desired behavior

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Delayed to allow the client time to reflect on their behavior first

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Applied uniformly regardless of the specific behavior shown

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Reserved only for major milestones and significant achievements

Question 5

Mental imagery and visualization techniques in coaching are most commonly used to:

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Build confidence and mentally rehearse successful performance

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Help clients process and integrate traumatic past experiences

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Replace verbal goal-setting processes with nonverbal alternatives

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Diagnose underlying cognitive distortions and limiting beliefs

Question 6

Values clarification in coaching helps clients primarily by:

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Identifying core values to guide decision-making and goal setting

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Ranking their values against societal norms and cultural expectations

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Replacing negative values with more constructive positive alternatives

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Ensuring client values align with their employer's organizational culture

Question 7

Emotional regulation strategies in strengths-based coaching most typically involve:

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Building awareness of emotional triggers and developing healthy coping responses

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Suppressing negative emotions to maintain an exclusively positive focus

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Using pharmacological interventions to manage emotional dysregulation

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Redirecting all negative emotional energy entirely into goal pursuit