Belief Change & Values Alignment Flashcards
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Which NLP model distinguishes between 'toward' and 'away-from' motivational directions as expressions of values?
Answer: Meta-programs
Meta-programs are habitual perceptual filters; the toward/away-from meta-program reveals whether a person's values motivate them by moving toward desired outcomes or away from unwanted ones.
In Robert Dilts' Logical Levels model, beliefs and values sit at which level?
Answer: Beliefs/Values
Dilts' Neurological Levels places beliefs and values at the fourth level, above capabilities and behaviors, influencing what a person perceives as possible and important.
A client wants to lose weight (a goal) but also deeply values comfort and ease. An NLP coach would BEST address this by:
Answer: Reframing healthy habits as a form of self-comfort and ease
Reframing the new behavior to align with the existing value of comfort satisfies both the goal and the underlying driver, creating ecological change.
The NLP technique of 'Swish Pattern' is primarily used to:
Answer: Replace an unwanted automatic response with a desired self-image
The Swish Pattern replaces a triggering cue image with a compelling future self-image, redirecting habitual mental patterns toward a preferred state.
When eliciting a client's values, an NLP coach asks, 'What's important to you about X?' This question is designed to surface:
Answer: The criteria or values that motivate the client in that context
Asking 'What's important to you about X?' directly elicits the values or criteria that drive the client's motivation in a given context.
A 'core transformation' in NLP, as developed by Connirae Andreas, aims to:
Answer: Replace surface behaviors by discovering and fulfilling the deepest core state behind them
Core Transformation works through a parts negotiation to uncover the deepest positive intention—often a state like peace or wholeness—and fulfill it directly, transforming the part and its behavior.
Which of the following is a key indicator that a belief change intervention has been ecologically sound?
Answer: The new belief fits congruently with the client's other values and goals without creating new conflicts
Ecological soundness means the new belief integrates harmoniously with the rest of the client's system—values, relationships, identity—without producing unintended negative consequences.