NLP Modeling Excellence & Strategy 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In the NLP Meta-Model, which language pattern would a modeler use to recover deleted information during elicitation?
- Pacing and leading
- Challenging unspecified nouns and verbs with precision questions (Correct answer)
- Using analog marking to emphasize key words
- Embedding commands within questions
Correct answer: Challenging unspecified nouns and verbs with precision questions
Meta-Model precision questions (e.g., 'What specifically?', 'How exactly?') recover deleted information to reveal the full structure of the exemplar's experience.
Question 2: Which representational system is considered the 'lead' system in a strategy when it initiates the internal processing sequence?
- The system that produces the final output behavior
- The first system accessed that triggers the rest of the strategy (Correct answer)
- The system most consciously used during the task
- The system with the highest number of submodalities
Correct answer: The first system accessed that triggers the rest of the strategy
The lead system is the first representational system fired in a strategy sequence, which then triggers subsequent steps.
Question 3: A client wants to model a successful negotiator. The coach has the client observe the negotiator during a live deal. This phase of modeling is called:
- Strategy installation
- Unconscious uptake (Correct answer)
- Conscious mapping
- Behavioral calibration
Correct answer: Unconscious uptake
Unconscious uptake is the first phase of NLP modeling where the learner absorbs the exemplar's patterns without conscious analysis.
Question 4: What is the significance of 'syntax' in an NLP strategy?
- The emotional intensity of each step
- The specific order in which representational system steps occur (Correct answer)
- The language used to describe the strategy to others
- The number of submodalities active at each step
Correct answer: The specific order in which representational system steps occur
Syntax refers to the precise sequence of representational steps; changing the order changes the strategy and its results.
Question 5: When eliciting a decision-making strategy, a coach asks 'And then what happens inside you?' This question is designed to:
- Build rapport with the client
- Sequence the next step in the internal strategy (Correct answer)
- Identify limiting beliefs about decision-making
- Install a new reference experience
Correct answer: Sequence the next step in the internal strategy
This transitional question moves the elicitation forward in time to map the next representational system step in the strategy sequence.
Question 6: The 'criteria' step in strategy elicitation uncovers:
- The specific images, sounds, and feelings used in the strategy
- The values and standards used to evaluate whether the outcome is achieved (Correct answer)
- The environmental triggers that initiate the strategy
- The time frame within which the strategy runs
Correct answer: The values and standards used to evaluate whether the outcome is achieved
Criteria are the standards or values embedded in the Exit test of the T.O.T.E. that determine when the strategy has successfully met its goal.
Question 7: In NLP modeling of excellence, what does it mean for a strategy to be 'well-formed'?
- It has been documented in a written protocol
- It has a clear trigger, achievable steps, sensory-based tests, and an exit condition (Correct answer)
- It can be performed in under 30 seconds
- It uses all five representational systems equally
Correct answer: It has a clear trigger, achievable steps, sensory-based tests, and an exit condition
A well-formed strategy contains a trigger, operational steps, test conditions (T.O.T.E.), and a clear exit point indicating goal achievement.
NLP Modeling Excellence & Strategy 3
In the NLP Meta-Model, which language pattern would a modeler use to recover deleted information during elicitation?