NLP Reframing & Language Patterns 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In the Sleight of Mouth patterns, 'chunking up' means:
- Moving to a higher level of abstraction to find broader agreement (Correct answer)
- Finding a specific example that disproves a belief
- Applying a belief to a different context
- Reversing the cause-effect relationship in a statement
Correct answer: Moving to a higher level of abstraction to find broader agreement
Chunking up moves from the specific to the general, finding a higher-level intention or value that reframes the limiting belief.
Question 2: A client insists 'Asking for help is a sign of weakness.' Using the Sleight of Mouth pattern of 'apply to self,' a coach might say:
- 'Is your belief that asking for help is weak itself a sign of weakness?' (Correct answer)
- 'Successful leaders ask for help all the time.'
- 'What would you say to a friend who believed that?'
- 'In what context would asking for help actually be strong?'
Correct answer: 'Is your belief that asking for help is weak itself a sign of weakness?'
The 'apply to self' pattern turns the belief back on itself to reveal an internal inconsistency.
Question 3: Which Milton Model pattern does 'You may find yourself becoming more relaxed as you listen' exemplify?
- Presupposition (Correct answer)
- Tag question
- Conversational postulate
- Lost performative
Correct answer: Presupposition
This sentence presupposes that relaxation will occur, embedding the suggestion as an assumed fact rather than a direct command.
Question 4: Bandler and Grinder's Six-Step Reframe differs from simple reframing because it:
- Negotiates directly with the unconscious part driving the unwanted behavior (Correct answer)
- Uses language alone to shift meaning
- Requires hypnotic trance induction first
- Focuses on changing environmental triggers
Correct answer: Negotiates directly with the unconscious part driving the unwanted behavior
The Six-Step Reframe communicates with the unconscious part responsible for a behavior to find alternative ways to meet the same positive intention.
Question 5: A 'lost performative' in the Milton Model is best described as:
- A value judgment stated as fact with the speaker deleted (Correct answer)
- A direct embedded command within a sentence
- A presupposition embedded in a question
- A cause-effect linkage used to pace and lead
Correct answer: A value judgment stated as fact with the speaker deleted
Lost performatives state evaluative claims (e.g., 'It's good to be curious') without identifying who is making the judgment, lending them universal authority.
Question 6: The NLP concept of 'pacing and leading' in language patterns involves:
- First matching the client's current experience, then gradually guiding toward a new state (Correct answer)
- Immediately offering a reframe before the client has finished speaking
- Using embedded commands to bypass conscious resistance
- Asking a series of Meta Model questions to gather information
Correct answer: First matching the client's current experience, then gradually guiding toward a new state
Pacing establishes rapport and credibility by acknowledging what is true for the client; leading then introduces a direction toward the desired state.
Question 7: Which of the following best describes a 'tag question' in the Milton Model?
- A short question appended to a statement to invite agreement, e.g., 'You can relax, can't you?' (Correct answer)
- A question that deletes the subject to create ambiguity
- A question that presupposes a positive outcome
- A rhetorical question used to embed a command
Correct answer: A short question appended to a statement to invite agreement, e.g., 'You can relax, can't you?'
Tag questions such as 'can't you?' or 'isn't it?' soften a suggestion and invite the listener's unconscious agreement.
NLP Reframing & Language Patterns 3
In the Sleight of Mouth patterns, 'chunking up' means: