WELLCOACHES EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025 | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
GRADED A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST
EXAM | JUST RELEASED
When can why questions be powrful? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------when deployed to elicit autonomous motivation. you can connect
clients to their deepest motivators by asking "why do you treasure your
vision and goals and why do they matter deeply"
When are closed questions appropropriate ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----
------------when coaches ask clients whether they want to commit, whether it
is to a vision, strategy or goal ....'are you ready to move forward"
If a client fails to respond to a question, or if you think they arent being
totally authnetic in their answer, do what ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------
---------drop it and come back another time
if it happens consitently...share to your client without judegment
Examples of open-ended inquiry ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
1. what would you like your wellness to look like in 3 months, one year, two
years, five years?
2. what are the top 3 values in your life?
3 what are the top 3 goals in your life?
4. what part of your life is most important to you?
5. what would you like less of in your life?
6. what would you like more of in your life?
7. what excites you?
8. what would you like to accomplish in the next 3 months?
9. what motivators are important enough to you to enable you to overcome
your obstacles meet your goals?
,10. what would your life be like if you achieve these goals?
11. what would your life be like if you do not acheive these goals?
12. what is the best case scenario?
13. what is the worst case scenario
14. what will it take for you to make changes?
15. what have you tried and succeeded to accomplish in your life that is
similar to this goal?
16. what is happening when you feel X?
17. what would it take to deal with your feelings of X?
18. what is holding you back or standing in your way?
19. what are you afraid of
20. what is at risk for you?
21. what is more important to you than meeting this goal?
Is it good or bad to ask multiple questions in a row and why ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------bad - client can feel interrogated.
What is perceptive reflection ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
another form of listening. enable clients to hear what they are saying from
the vantage point of another person. the process is often more provocative
and transformational than inquiry because it causes clients to connect more
deeply to their emotions and the truth of the matter.
clients react with a deeper reponse from the limbic region of the brain
where emotions, rewards, and pleasure are regulated
purpose: elicit ideas and conversation in the client which support change.
dont need a perfect reflection. need accurat ereflection.
What is the simplest form of reflection ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------restate what a client says in more or less his or her own words. helps
clients see themselves more clearly and make adjustments if needed
,more evocative reflections shows that teh coach is noticing things the client
may be overlooking
What happens when coach;s radiate warmth, patience, and empathy? ------
---CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Clients are better able to let go of the
past, accept themselves, and feel self-compassion. acceptance and
empathy are essential if coaches are to help clients loosen the grip of
negative emotions and self-talk
What does self-compassion do toward's one negative emotions ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------it leads to a softer, kinder motivation that
improves brains ability to learn and change
fear of failure is not an optimal source of motivation
Neff's formula for self compassion ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
-1. mindful acceptance of negative emotions
2. heartfelt connection to others who share similar negative emotions
3. self-kindness
Two types of emotional reactions according to Goleman ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------1. low road and high road
1. low road happen automatically- when we hear a sudden noise at night
for example
2. high road reactions occur when we reappraise the situation, healing the
further release of stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol
when we can mindfully distinguish between an event and our
interpretations of it, we are setting the stage for optimistic reappraisal
repparaisal process is a metter of becoming aware of often unconscious
intepretations, bringing relevant filters to consciousness, and introducing
positive changes in our perspectives
a task of a coach is to support clients in making reappraissal a conscious,
ongoing process
, Reappraisal does not include what action ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------it does not include supressing emotions. supressing emotions
leads to higher levels of negative emotions and worsens disease
symptoms. vulnerable to errors and poor judgements when brain function is
impaired by fear. bring this often unconscious process to the conscious
mind, where it can be named and normalized
calming the amygdala by naming the threat enables more constructive actiit
in the problem solving portion of the brain
POsitive emotions help do ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1.
improve attention
2. open-mindedness
3. creativity
4. ability to reach a strategic perspective
ratio of 3 positive emotions to 1 negative emotions
Self-esteem ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------belief that one has
value and worth as a person, healthy self-respect- important basic need of
human beings
Benefits of high self-esteem ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1.
facilitates greater resilience through persistence in the face of challenge
2. leads to greater initiative
3. promotes leadership as those with higher esteem are more willing to
speak up in group situations
4, has a relationship to feelings of happiness
*may benefit more from therapy than coaching and appropraite referral
should be considered because those with low self-esteem can get sick or
suffer other physical problems in connection wih stressful daily events
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
GRADED A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST
EXAM | JUST RELEASED
When can why questions be powrful? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------when deployed to elicit autonomous motivation. you can connect
clients to their deepest motivators by asking "why do you treasure your
vision and goals and why do they matter deeply"
When are closed questions appropropriate ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----
------------when coaches ask clients whether they want to commit, whether it
is to a vision, strategy or goal ....'are you ready to move forward"
If a client fails to respond to a question, or if you think they arent being
totally authnetic in their answer, do what ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------
---------drop it and come back another time
if it happens consitently...share to your client without judegment
Examples of open-ended inquiry ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
1. what would you like your wellness to look like in 3 months, one year, two
years, five years?
2. what are the top 3 values in your life?
3 what are the top 3 goals in your life?
4. what part of your life is most important to you?
5. what would you like less of in your life?
6. what would you like more of in your life?
7. what excites you?
8. what would you like to accomplish in the next 3 months?
9. what motivators are important enough to you to enable you to overcome
your obstacles meet your goals?
,10. what would your life be like if you achieve these goals?
11. what would your life be like if you do not acheive these goals?
12. what is the best case scenario?
13. what is the worst case scenario
14. what will it take for you to make changes?
15. what have you tried and succeeded to accomplish in your life that is
similar to this goal?
16. what is happening when you feel X?
17. what would it take to deal with your feelings of X?
18. what is holding you back or standing in your way?
19. what are you afraid of
20. what is at risk for you?
21. what is more important to you than meeting this goal?
Is it good or bad to ask multiple questions in a row and why ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------bad - client can feel interrogated.
What is perceptive reflection ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
another form of listening. enable clients to hear what they are saying from
the vantage point of another person. the process is often more provocative
and transformational than inquiry because it causes clients to connect more
deeply to their emotions and the truth of the matter.
clients react with a deeper reponse from the limbic region of the brain
where emotions, rewards, and pleasure are regulated
purpose: elicit ideas and conversation in the client which support change.
dont need a perfect reflection. need accurat ereflection.
What is the simplest form of reflection ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------restate what a client says in more or less his or her own words. helps
clients see themselves more clearly and make adjustments if needed
,more evocative reflections shows that teh coach is noticing things the client
may be overlooking
What happens when coach;s radiate warmth, patience, and empathy? ------
---CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Clients are better able to let go of the
past, accept themselves, and feel self-compassion. acceptance and
empathy are essential if coaches are to help clients loosen the grip of
negative emotions and self-talk
What does self-compassion do toward's one negative emotions ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------it leads to a softer, kinder motivation that
improves brains ability to learn and change
fear of failure is not an optimal source of motivation
Neff's formula for self compassion ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
-1. mindful acceptance of negative emotions
2. heartfelt connection to others who share similar negative emotions
3. self-kindness
Two types of emotional reactions according to Goleman ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------1. low road and high road
1. low road happen automatically- when we hear a sudden noise at night
for example
2. high road reactions occur when we reappraise the situation, healing the
further release of stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol
when we can mindfully distinguish between an event and our
interpretations of it, we are setting the stage for optimistic reappraisal
repparaisal process is a metter of becoming aware of often unconscious
intepretations, bringing relevant filters to consciousness, and introducing
positive changes in our perspectives
a task of a coach is to support clients in making reappraissal a conscious,
ongoing process
, Reappraisal does not include what action ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------it does not include supressing emotions. supressing emotions
leads to higher levels of negative emotions and worsens disease
symptoms. vulnerable to errors and poor judgements when brain function is
impaired by fear. bring this often unconscious process to the conscious
mind, where it can be named and normalized
calming the amygdala by naming the threat enables more constructive actiit
in the problem solving portion of the brain
POsitive emotions help do ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1.
improve attention
2. open-mindedness
3. creativity
4. ability to reach a strategic perspective
ratio of 3 positive emotions to 1 negative emotions
Self-esteem ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------belief that one has
value and worth as a person, healthy self-respect- important basic need of
human beings
Benefits of high self-esteem ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------1.
facilitates greater resilience through persistence in the face of challenge
2. leads to greater initiative
3. promotes leadership as those with higher esteem are more willing to
speak up in group situations
4, has a relationship to feelings of happiness
*may benefit more from therapy than coaching and appropraite referral
should be considered because those with low self-esteem can get sick or
suffer other physical problems in connection wih stressful daily events
