Personal Development & Motivation Flashcards
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A client regularly achieves their goals but reports feeling empty and unfulfilled afterward. A coach would MOST likely explore:
Answer: Whether the client's goals align with their core values
Persistent emptiness after goal achievement often signals a misalignment between pursued goals and authentic core values.
Carol Dweck's research suggests that praising a client for their effort rather than their intelligence tends to:
Answer: Increase resilience and encourage a growth mindset
Effort-based praise reinforces the belief that abilities can grow through hard work, which is the foundation of a growth mindset.
Which concept describes the tendency to overestimate one's own abilities relative to others, which a coach must address carefully?
Answer: The Dunning-Kruger effect
The Dunning-Kruger effect describes a cognitive bias where people with limited knowledge overestimate their competence in a domain.
A client's stated goal is to get promoted, but they consistently avoid the high-visibility projects needed to achieve it. This BEST illustrates:
Answer: A competing commitment or hidden fear
Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey's 'immunity to change' framework identifies competing commitments as unconscious counterforces that undermine stated goals.
Which element of the Wheel of Life assessment is MOST important for a coach to discuss with a client after completing it?
Answer: The areas the client most wants to improve and their interconnections
The Wheel of Life is most powerful when it prompts client-directed reflection on desired areas of growth and how life areas influence each other.
According to flow theory, peak performance and intrinsic motivation are most likely when:
Answer: Challenge and skill level are in balance at a high level
Csikszentmihalyi's flow theory states that optimal experience occurs when high challenge is matched by high skill, creating full absorption in the task.
A client who constantly seeks external validation before taking action may benefit MOST from coaching that builds:
Answer: Internal validation and self-trust
Over-reliance on external validation indicates underdeveloped self-trust; coaching should cultivate the client's capacity to evaluate and affirm their own decisions.