NLP Core Principles & Techniques 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In NLP, which submodalities are considered 'drivers' for a particular experience?
- The submodalities that are most commonly reported across clients
- The submodalities that, when changed, cause the overall experience to shift significantly (Correct answer)
- Visual submodalities only, as they are the most influential
- The submodalities identified during a trance state
Correct answer: The submodalities that, when changed, cause the overall experience to shift significantly
Driver submodalities are the critical qualities within a representation that, when altered, produce the greatest change in how an experience feels.
Question 2: The NLP logical levels model, developed by Robert Dilts, places 'identity' at which level?
- The lowest, most behavioral level
- Above beliefs and values, below purpose/spirituality (Correct answer)
- Below beliefs and values
- At the same level as environment
Correct answer: Above beliefs and values, below purpose/spirituality
In Dilts' Neurological Levels, identity (sense of self) sits above beliefs/values and below the highest level of purpose or spirituality.
Question 3: What is the primary purpose of the NLP 'swish pattern'?
- Establishing rapport through mirroring
- Automatically replacing an unwanted habitual response with a desired self-image (Correct answer)
- Collapsing negative anchors
- Eliciting a client's values hierarchy
Correct answer: Automatically replacing an unwanted habitual response with a desired self-image
The swish pattern trains the brain to automatically move from a cue image (problem trigger) to a compelling resource image, redirecting automatic responses.
Question 4: A coach notices a client's breathing becomes shallow and their lips thin when discussing a past event. The coach is using which NLP skill?
- Anchoring
- Calibration (Correct answer)
- Pacing and leading
- Chunking
Correct answer: Calibration
Calibration is the practice of carefully observing physiological cues to read a client's internal state without relying solely on words.
Question 5: Which NLP presupposition states that 'people have all the resources they need'?
- The presupposition of positive intention
- The presupposition of resourcefulness (Correct answer)
- The presupposition of behavioral flexibility
- The presupposition of cause and effect
Correct answer: The presupposition of resourcefulness
NLP assumes every person already has all the internal resources necessary; the coach's role is to help them access and apply those resources.
Question 6: In NLP timeline work, 'Through Time' people typically:
- Store memories along a line that passes through their body
- Store their timeline in front of them, with past on the left and future on the right (Correct answer)
- Experience time in a dissociated, circular fashion
- Have no clear spatial representation of time
Correct answer: Store their timeline in front of them, with past on the left and future on the right
Through Time individuals typically store their timeline in front of them, making it easy to see the past and future simultaneously and plan sequentially.
Question 7: When a client generalizes a single negative experience to all similar situations, the NLP Meta-Model violation occurring is:
- Deletion
- Distortion — mind reading
- Generalization — universal quantifier (Correct answer)
- Lost performative
Correct answer: Generalization — universal quantifier
Universal quantifiers like 'all,' 'every,' 'never,' and 'always' signal a generalization where one experience is applied broadly without evidence.
NLP Core Principles & Techniques 3
In NLP, which submodalities are considered 'drivers' for a particular experience?