ISSA TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST EVALUATION EXAMS
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The three key elements of motivation are ________________. - ✔✔Mastery,
autonomy, and purpose.
✔✔High mastery is associated with ___________________. - ✔✔High motivation.
✔✔Connecting actions to a deeper purpose ___________________. - ✔✔Is associated
with higher levels of motivation.
✔✔Asking your client what she intends to do ___________________. - ✔✔Is more
powerful than telling her what to do.
✔✔A strong predicator of future change is ____________________. - ✔✔Expressing
commitment to change.
✔✔: Asking about small steps your client can take toward change is a way to
______________. - ✔✔Increase her commitment to change
✔✔Expressing empathy __________________. - ✔✔Evokes the client's motivation
rather than trying to instill it.
✔✔Mind power and success through mind conditioning only comes with
_______________. - ✔✔a sustained and sincere effort
✔✔Which is NOT a key ingredient to an effective mind conditioning program? -
✔✔Extrinsic rewards
✔✔The first step to motivation and self-discipline is ________________. - ✔✔To define
goals clearly and write them down
✔✔The key to mental conditioning is ______________________. - ✔✔To make your
new thoughts and new approach a habit
✔✔Intrinsic reward means __________________. - ✔✔That achieving your goal is a
reward in and of itself
✔✔Self-esteem is also known as _____________________. - ✔✔Your mental
appraisal of yourself
✔✔The "Health Belief Model", first proposed by Becker and Maiman in 1977, posits that
_______________________________. - ✔✔Your client will be far more likely to comply
if they believe that exercise and sound nutrition are both healthy and desirable
, ✔✔A disconnect exists if negative behaviors persist despite ________________. -
✔✔Your client knowing the value of a fitness lifestyle
✔✔Which is NOT a strategy to draw clients into a fitness lifestyle? - ✔✔External
rewards
✔✔Positive psychology is now widely referred to as a _____________________. -
✔✔Strengths-based approach
✔✔The premise of positive psychology is that through _____________________ we
raise our levels of happiness, such that we move past simply surviving, to a state of
thriving (or flourishing). - ✔✔Identifying, cultivating and expressing our strengths
✔✔Positive psychology looks to adversity as __________________. - ✔✔A catalyst for
growth
✔✔Attributional styles are measured through __________________. - ✔✔The
Optimism test*
✔✔A pessimistic explanatory style interprets bad events ____________________. -
✔✔In permanent, pervasive and personal ways
✔✔: Optimists explain good events in ______________. - ✔✔Permanent, pervasive,
and personal ways
✔✔: Which is NOT a way to teach your client to think more optimistically? - ✔✔Find
ambivalence
✔✔According to positive psychology, weakness arise _______________________. -
✔✔Out of a failure to fully develop and express strengths
✔✔Which is NOT a domain of post-traumatic growth? - ✔✔Deepened sense of control
✔✔Which is NOT a way to use setbacks to build your client's strengths? - ✔✔Identify
problem areas
✔✔Which is NOT an element of flourishing? - ✔✔Admiration of others
✔✔Which is NOT a way to use flourishing to boost your client's mood? - ✔✔Identify and
overcome barriers
✔✔Attributions reflect the client's ______________________. - ✔✔Explanatory style
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The three key elements of motivation are ________________. - ✔✔Mastery,
autonomy, and purpose.
✔✔High mastery is associated with ___________________. - ✔✔High motivation.
✔✔Connecting actions to a deeper purpose ___________________. - ✔✔Is associated
with higher levels of motivation.
✔✔Asking your client what she intends to do ___________________. - ✔✔Is more
powerful than telling her what to do.
✔✔A strong predicator of future change is ____________________. - ✔✔Expressing
commitment to change.
✔✔: Asking about small steps your client can take toward change is a way to
______________. - ✔✔Increase her commitment to change
✔✔Expressing empathy __________________. - ✔✔Evokes the client's motivation
rather than trying to instill it.
✔✔Mind power and success through mind conditioning only comes with
_______________. - ✔✔a sustained and sincere effort
✔✔Which is NOT a key ingredient to an effective mind conditioning program? -
✔✔Extrinsic rewards
✔✔The first step to motivation and self-discipline is ________________. - ✔✔To define
goals clearly and write them down
✔✔The key to mental conditioning is ______________________. - ✔✔To make your
new thoughts and new approach a habit
✔✔Intrinsic reward means __________________. - ✔✔That achieving your goal is a
reward in and of itself
✔✔Self-esteem is also known as _____________________. - ✔✔Your mental
appraisal of yourself
✔✔The "Health Belief Model", first proposed by Becker and Maiman in 1977, posits that
_______________________________. - ✔✔Your client will be far more likely to comply
if they believe that exercise and sound nutrition are both healthy and desirable
, ✔✔A disconnect exists if negative behaviors persist despite ________________. -
✔✔Your client knowing the value of a fitness lifestyle
✔✔Which is NOT a strategy to draw clients into a fitness lifestyle? - ✔✔External
rewards
✔✔Positive psychology is now widely referred to as a _____________________. -
✔✔Strengths-based approach
✔✔The premise of positive psychology is that through _____________________ we
raise our levels of happiness, such that we move past simply surviving, to a state of
thriving (or flourishing). - ✔✔Identifying, cultivating and expressing our strengths
✔✔Positive psychology looks to adversity as __________________. - ✔✔A catalyst for
growth
✔✔Attributional styles are measured through __________________. - ✔✔The
Optimism test*
✔✔A pessimistic explanatory style interprets bad events ____________________. -
✔✔In permanent, pervasive and personal ways
✔✔: Optimists explain good events in ______________. - ✔✔Permanent, pervasive,
and personal ways
✔✔: Which is NOT a way to teach your client to think more optimistically? - ✔✔Find
ambivalence
✔✔According to positive psychology, weakness arise _______________________. -
✔✔Out of a failure to fully develop and express strengths
✔✔Which is NOT a domain of post-traumatic growth? - ✔✔Deepened sense of control
✔✔Which is NOT a way to use setbacks to build your client's strengths? - ✔✔Identify
problem areas
✔✔Which is NOT an element of flourishing? - ✔✔Admiration of others
✔✔Which is NOT a way to use flourishing to boost your client's mood? - ✔✔Identify and
overcome barriers
✔✔Attributions reflect the client's ______________________. - ✔✔Explanatory style
