Belief Change & Values Alignment Flashcards

In NLP values elicitation, after listing a client's values, the coach asks 'If you had A but not B, would that be okay?' This process determines:

Answer: The relative priority or hierarchy of the client's values

This comparison process, known as values hierarchy elicitation, reveals the ranked order of importance among a client's values by testing trade-offs.

A client's belief that 'asking for help is a sign of weakness' is best challenged in NLP using which technique?

Answer: Sleight of Mouth reframe to shift the meaning of 'asking for help'

Sleight of Mouth offers a set of verbal reframes that shift the meaning or context of a belief, making it easier for the client to adopt a more empowering perspective.

Values in NLP are often described as 'nominalisations.' This means they are:

Answer: Verbs turned into abstract nouns, making them appear fixed when they are actually processes

Nominalisations are processes frozen into nouns (e.g., 'love,' 'freedom,' 'success'), and in NLP coaches de-nominalise them to explore what those words mean experientially for each client.

Which NLP presupposition is most directly relevant to belief change work?

Answer: The map is not the territory

'The map is not the territory' reminds us that a limiting belief is just a representation of reality, not reality itself, opening space for the client to update their internal map.

When a coach uses the 'As If' frame in belief change work, they are asking the client to:

Answer: Act as if the desired empowering belief were already true to access new behaviors

The 'As If' frame bypasses current limiting beliefs by having clients temporarily adopt the perspective of someone who already holds the empowering belief, generating new behavioral possibilities.

In the context of values conflicts, an NLP coach facilitating 'parts integration' aims to:

Answer: Merge two conflicting internal parts so both values are honored at a higher level

Parts integration in NLP seeks a synthesis where both conflicting parts find a higher-level value or intention they share, resolving the conflict without discarding either part.

A client who consistently avoids applying for promotions despite wanting career advancement most likely has a conflict between which two elements?

Answer: Conscious goal and an unconscious limiting belief or competing value

Behavioral avoidance despite a stated goal typically signals an unconscious limiting belief (e.g., 'I'm not good enough') or competing value (e.g., valuing security over risk) that overrides the conscious desire.