CMPC STUDY GUIDE FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ Conducting practices and structuring competition
Reading and reacting to the field
Building relationships
Shaping the environment
Learning and reflecting
Setting the vision and strategy. Answer: Sport Coaching Framework
(ICCE et al., 2013)
◉ Transtheoretical Model (TTM). Answer: 6 stages of behaviour
change: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action,
maintenance, and termination
◉ Pre contemplation stage. Answer: Individuals are unaware or
uninformed of the need to change behavior and have no intentions
of changing. This reluctance may be due to noncompliance,
resistance, amotivation, or a lack of readiness for change (Prochaska,
2008)
,◉ Contemplation stage. Answer: Individuals recognize the
importance of behavior change and are committed to taking action
to change a behavior in the next six months.
◉ Preparation Stage. Answer: Individuals are planning to change
behavior and are committed to following through. In the sport
context, athletes may be developing goals and a timeline to learn
mental skills.
◉ Action Stage. Answer: Individuals are implementing their plan
and making behavior modifications, typically for less than six
months. Athletes in this stage would be working with an MPC and
engaging in mental skills training.
◉ Maintenance stage. Answer: Individuals' changed behaviors
become established in their daily life, typically for more than six
months. Attempts are also made to prevent relapse and consolidate
gains.
◉ Termination stage. Answer: Individuals are 100 percent self-
efficacious in engaging in the new behaviors and have no temptation
to relapse
◉ Theory of Planned Behavior. Answer: This theory proposes that
the key factor influencing change is the intention to perform the
behavior. This intention is driven by underlying motivation, which is
,influenced by individuals' attitude toward the behavior, subjective
norms (i.e., perceived social pressure to engage in the behavior), and
perceived behavioral control (i.e., expectancy that performance of
the behavior is within their control).
◉ Person centered therapy. Answer: PCT is a humanistic, client-
centered approach driven by a positive and phenomenological view
of humans. PCT is based on creating a strong therapeutic bond with
the client through unconditional positive regard, gunuineness and
empathy.
◉ Existential Therapy. Answer: Existential therapy (ET) is a style of
therapy that focuses on the nature of the human condition (i.e., what
it means to be human) Based on humans' capacity for self-
awareness, ET counselors help clients search for meaning, purpose,
values, and goals. (Think Frankl)
◉ Emotion Focused Therapy. Answer: Emotion-focused therapy
(EFT) is a person-centered approach in which emotions are viewed
as a fundamental aspect of human functioning and therapeutic
change. MPCs can use EFT to help their clients identify and
communicate how their emotions influence their overall functioning
and interactions in normal and high-pressure situations.(EFT has
limitations)
◉ Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Answer: SFBT is a future-focused,
goal-oriented approach that emphasized clients' strengths and
, resilience. Prioritizes Solution talk over problem talk (miracle
questions/scaling questions). Best use for MPC during time sensitive
moments
◉ Behaviour Therapy. Answer: Based on classical and operant
conditioning (think pavlov). Practitioners using this approach to
emphasize the importance of the interaction between clients and
their environment in order to bring about behavior change, either by
increasing a desired behavior or by decreasing an undesired
behavior.
◉ Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Answer: Blend of cognitive /
behavioural therapies in the 80's (2nd wave). CBT is a structured,
time-limited, problem-focused, and goal-oriented form of talk
therapy that helps clients learn to identify, question, and change how
their thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs relate to emotional and
behavioral reactions that cause them difficulty. Relaxation training,
exposure therapy, cognitive restructuring, guided discovery
◉ Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT). Answer: This
approach is based on the premise that individuals contribute to their
own psychological problems through the often rigid and irrational
beliefs they hold about themselves, events, and situations (Think
Albert Ellis). A-B-C framework. Activating agent, irrational belief,
emotional and behavioural consequence.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ Conducting practices and structuring competition
Reading and reacting to the field
Building relationships
Shaping the environment
Learning and reflecting
Setting the vision and strategy. Answer: Sport Coaching Framework
(ICCE et al., 2013)
◉ Transtheoretical Model (TTM). Answer: 6 stages of behaviour
change: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action,
maintenance, and termination
◉ Pre contemplation stage. Answer: Individuals are unaware or
uninformed of the need to change behavior and have no intentions
of changing. This reluctance may be due to noncompliance,
resistance, amotivation, or a lack of readiness for change (Prochaska,
2008)
,◉ Contemplation stage. Answer: Individuals recognize the
importance of behavior change and are committed to taking action
to change a behavior in the next six months.
◉ Preparation Stage. Answer: Individuals are planning to change
behavior and are committed to following through. In the sport
context, athletes may be developing goals and a timeline to learn
mental skills.
◉ Action Stage. Answer: Individuals are implementing their plan
and making behavior modifications, typically for less than six
months. Athletes in this stage would be working with an MPC and
engaging in mental skills training.
◉ Maintenance stage. Answer: Individuals' changed behaviors
become established in their daily life, typically for more than six
months. Attempts are also made to prevent relapse and consolidate
gains.
◉ Termination stage. Answer: Individuals are 100 percent self-
efficacious in engaging in the new behaviors and have no temptation
to relapse
◉ Theory of Planned Behavior. Answer: This theory proposes that
the key factor influencing change is the intention to perform the
behavior. This intention is driven by underlying motivation, which is
,influenced by individuals' attitude toward the behavior, subjective
norms (i.e., perceived social pressure to engage in the behavior), and
perceived behavioral control (i.e., expectancy that performance of
the behavior is within their control).
◉ Person centered therapy. Answer: PCT is a humanistic, client-
centered approach driven by a positive and phenomenological view
of humans. PCT is based on creating a strong therapeutic bond with
the client through unconditional positive regard, gunuineness and
empathy.
◉ Existential Therapy. Answer: Existential therapy (ET) is a style of
therapy that focuses on the nature of the human condition (i.e., what
it means to be human) Based on humans' capacity for self-
awareness, ET counselors help clients search for meaning, purpose,
values, and goals. (Think Frankl)
◉ Emotion Focused Therapy. Answer: Emotion-focused therapy
(EFT) is a person-centered approach in which emotions are viewed
as a fundamental aspect of human functioning and therapeutic
change. MPCs can use EFT to help their clients identify and
communicate how their emotions influence their overall functioning
and interactions in normal and high-pressure situations.(EFT has
limitations)
◉ Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Answer: SFBT is a future-focused,
goal-oriented approach that emphasized clients' strengths and
, resilience. Prioritizes Solution talk over problem talk (miracle
questions/scaling questions). Best use for MPC during time sensitive
moments
◉ Behaviour Therapy. Answer: Based on classical and operant
conditioning (think pavlov). Practitioners using this approach to
emphasize the importance of the interaction between clients and
their environment in order to bring about behavior change, either by
increasing a desired behavior or by decreasing an undesired
behavior.
◉ Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Answer: Blend of cognitive /
behavioural therapies in the 80's (2nd wave). CBT is a structured,
time-limited, problem-focused, and goal-oriented form of talk
therapy that helps clients learn to identify, question, and change how
their thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs relate to emotional and
behavioral reactions that cause them difficulty. Relaxation training,
exposure therapy, cognitive restructuring, guided discovery
◉ Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT). Answer: This
approach is based on the premise that individuals contribute to their
own psychological problems through the often rigid and irrational
beliefs they hold about themselves, events, and situations (Think
Albert Ellis). A-B-C framework. Activating agent, irrational belief,
emotional and behavioural consequence.
