CMPC Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Counseling - CORRECT ANSWER-The skilled and principled use of a
professional relationship to empower individuals to achieve mental health,
wellness, education, and career goals. It aims to facilitate self-knowledge, emotional
acceptance and growth, and the optimal development of personal resources.
Consulting - CORRECT ANSWER-The overall aim of consulting is to facilitate
the development of mental and emotional skills, attitudes, perspectives, strategies,
and processes that lead to optimal performance, well-being, and personal growth.
Transtheoretical Model - CORRECT ANSWER-A stages of change model that
illustrates how behavior changes over time, progressing through six discrete stages:
precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and
termination
Pre-contemplation - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals are unaware or
uninformed of the need to change behavior and have no intentions of changing.
Importance of highlighting benefits of MST and building trust.
,Contemplation - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals recognize the importance of
behavior change and are committed to taking action to change their behavior in
the next six months.
Increasing awareness of unhelpful behaviors and highlighting benefits of behavior
change.
Preparation - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals are planning to change their
behavior and are committed to following through.
Athlete has a plan/goal/timeline (ideally with support from MPCs).
Action - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals' changed behaviors become
established in their daily life, typically for more than six months.
In sport, athletes in this stage would consistently apply the mental skills and
techniques they have learned.
Termination - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals are 100 percent self-efficacious
in engaging in the new behaviors and have no temptation to relapse.
In sport, athletes would be effectively and effortlessly applying mental skills in a
variety of situations and have no risk of regressing to earlier stages.
,Theory of Planned Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER-Proposes that the key factor
influencing change is the INTENTION to perform the behavior.
This intention is driven by underlying motivation, 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 (PCT) - CORRECT ANSWER-A humanistic, client-
centered approach driven by a positive and phenomenological view of humans.
Focuses on the desires and strengths of human beings to reach their full potential
and to self-actualize with the aim of leading individuals toward high-level
functioning and personal fulfillment.
Therapeutic Alliance - CORRECT ANSWER-the bond or connection that
develops between a practitioner and client.
Factors of PCT - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconditional positive regard, empathy,
and genuineness
Existential Therapy (ET) - CORRECT ANSWER-Relies on concepts that are
universally applicable to human existence. It aims to address and understand issues
of freedom and responsibility, isolation and relationships, meaning and
meaninglessness, and living and dying.
, ET counselors help clients search for... - CORRECT ANSWER-meaning, purpose,
values, and goals.
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)So - CORRECT ANSWER-Designed to help
clients recognize and productively use their emotions. Clients learn to identify,
experience, accept, express, explore, transform, and manage their emotions.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) - CORRECT ANSWER-A future-
focused, goal-oriented approach that emphasizes clients' strengths and resilience.
SFBT Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER-Questioning (e.g., miracle, exception,
and scaling questions), interpretation, and reframing (i.e., restorying), feedback,
encouragement, homework, evaluation of progress.
When can SFBT be used? - CORRECT ANSWER-In critical, time-sensitive
situations where athletes or performer must find quick solutions to challenges
Behavior Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Based on the work of Pavlov and
Skinner and the famous principles of classical and operant conditioning.
Classical Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER-Originally proposed by Ivan
Pavlov, refers to the learning that occurs in response to a stimulus through pairing
(e.g., bell rings, dog salivates).
"beethoven is classic"
Answers 100% Pass
Counseling - CORRECT ANSWER-The skilled and principled use of a
professional relationship to empower individuals to achieve mental health,
wellness, education, and career goals. It aims to facilitate self-knowledge, emotional
acceptance and growth, and the optimal development of personal resources.
Consulting - CORRECT ANSWER-The overall aim of consulting is to facilitate
the development of mental and emotional skills, attitudes, perspectives, strategies,
and processes that lead to optimal performance, well-being, and personal growth.
Transtheoretical Model - CORRECT ANSWER-A stages of change model that
illustrates how behavior changes over time, progressing through six discrete stages:
precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and
termination
Pre-contemplation - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals are unaware or
uninformed of the need to change behavior and have no intentions of changing.
Importance of highlighting benefits of MST and building trust.
,Contemplation - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals recognize the importance of
behavior change and are committed to taking action to change their behavior in
the next six months.
Increasing awareness of unhelpful behaviors and highlighting benefits of behavior
change.
Preparation - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals are planning to change their
behavior and are committed to following through.
Athlete has a plan/goal/timeline (ideally with support from MPCs).
Action - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals' changed behaviors become
established in their daily life, typically for more than six months.
In sport, athletes in this stage would consistently apply the mental skills and
techniques they have learned.
Termination - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals are 100 percent self-efficacious
in engaging in the new behaviors and have no temptation to relapse.
In sport, athletes would be effectively and effortlessly applying mental skills in a
variety of situations and have no risk of regressing to earlier stages.
,Theory of Planned Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER-Proposes that the key factor
influencing change is the INTENTION to perform the behavior.
This intention is driven by underlying motivation, 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 (PCT) - CORRECT ANSWER-A humanistic, client-
centered approach driven by a positive and phenomenological view of humans.
Focuses on the desires and strengths of human beings to reach their full potential
and to self-actualize with the aim of leading individuals toward high-level
functioning and personal fulfillment.
Therapeutic Alliance - CORRECT ANSWER-the bond or connection that
develops between a practitioner and client.
Factors of PCT - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconditional positive regard, empathy,
and genuineness
Existential Therapy (ET) - CORRECT ANSWER-Relies on concepts that are
universally applicable to human existence. It aims to address and understand issues
of freedom and responsibility, isolation and relationships, meaning and
meaninglessness, and living and dying.
, ET counselors help clients search for... - CORRECT ANSWER-meaning, purpose,
values, and goals.
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)So - CORRECT ANSWER-Designed to help
clients recognize and productively use their emotions. Clients learn to identify,
experience, accept, express, explore, transform, and manage their emotions.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) - CORRECT ANSWER-A future-
focused, goal-oriented approach that emphasizes clients' strengths and resilience.
SFBT Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER-Questioning (e.g., miracle, exception,
and scaling questions), interpretation, and reframing (i.e., restorying), feedback,
encouragement, homework, evaluation of progress.
When can SFBT be used? - CORRECT ANSWER-In critical, time-sensitive
situations where athletes or performer must find quick solutions to challenges
Behavior Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Based on the work of Pavlov and
Skinner and the famous principles of classical and operant conditioning.
Classical Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER-Originally proposed by Ivan
Pavlov, refers to the learning that occurs in response to a stimulus through pairing
(e.g., bell rings, dog salivates).
"beethoven is classic"
