Core Principles & Techniques Flashcards

In NLP, the Meta-Model is primarily used to:

Answer: Challenge linguistic distortions and recover deleted information

The Meta-Model uses specific questions to challenge deletions, distortions, and generalizations in a client's language to recover missing information.

Which NLP concept describes the idea that the map is not the territory?

Answer: The representational model

NLP's foundational presupposition that 'the map is not the territory' means our internal representations (maps) differ from external reality (territory).

The Milton Model in NLP is characterized by:

Answer: Vague, artfully ambiguous language to bypass resistance

The Milton Model uses deliberately vague and ambiguous language patterns drawn from Milton Erickson's hypnotherapy to access the unconscious mind.

A client says 'Everyone always ignores me.' An NLP coach using the Meta-Model would most appropriately respond:

Answer: Can you think of a time when someone did pay attention to you?

Challenging the universal quantifier 'everyone always' by seeking a counter-example helps the client recover a more accurate representation.

In NLP, 'second position' perceptual position means:

Answer: Experiencing the world as if you were the other person

Second position involves stepping into another person's perspective to understand their feelings, values, and viewpoint.

Which of the following best defines 'calibration' in NLP?

Answer: Observing and reading subtle non-verbal cues in another person

Calibration is the NLP skill of accurately reading another person's internal state through observable external cues like breathing, skin tone, and muscle tension.

The NLP technique of 'future pacing' is used to:

Answer: Test whether a new behavior or belief will generalize to real-world contexts

Future pacing mentally rehearses a new behavior in an anticipated future context to ensure the change will be triggered naturally.