Behavioral Change & Personal Development Flashcards

A client successfully changed a behavior in the coaching session but reverts to the old pattern at home. This is MOST likely due to:

Answer: The change not being future-paced or ecologically tested in the client's actual life context

Without future pacing and ecology checks, new behaviors may not transfer to real-world contexts because the triggers and environmental cues of daily life weren't incorporated.

In NLP, 'criteria' elicitation helps a coach understand:

Answer: The values and standards that are most important to the client and drive their decisions

Eliciting criteria reveals what matters most to a client, allowing the coach to align change work with the client's core values and decision-making drivers.

When a client achieves a breakthrough during a coaching session, which NLP step is critical to ensure the change becomes lasting?

Answer: Anchoring the state and future pacing the change into upcoming real-life situations

Anchoring locks in the resourceful state and future pacing mentally rehearses the client using the change in real upcoming situations, making it more durable.

The NLP 'Circle of Excellence' technique is used to:

Answer: Create a spatial anchor that the client can step into to immediately access a peak resourceful state

The Circle of Excellence involves imagining a circle on the floor, filling it with a peak resource state, and anchoring it spatially so the client can access that state on demand.

Which Meta Model violation occurs when someone says 'She made me feel worthless'?

Answer: Cause and effect

Cause-and-effect violations occur when someone claims another person's behavior is the direct cause of their internal emotional state, removing personal responsibility.

In NLP, a 'strategy' is best defined as:

Answer: The specific sequence of internal representations (VAK) and external behaviors a person runs to produce a result

An NLP strategy is the precise sequence of representational steps (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) a person uses — consciously or unconsciously — to produce a specific outcome.

A client wants to develop more resilience. Which NLP approach would be MOST aligned with building long-term personal development?

Answer: Working at the identity level to help the client see themselves as a resilient person, supported by belief and value alignment

Lasting personal development in NLP often requires identity-level work — helping the client embody a new self-concept — supported by aligned beliefs, values, and capabilities.