Assessment - Interviewing (notes) Flashcards
What has a dramatic impact on a therapeutic appliance
First impressions on each other
Significant amount of a psychologists training is devoted to _________/___________ techniques.
Interview/Observation
Interviewing differs from other forms of social conversation in what 3 ways
- The psychologists has an explicit agenda of obtaining information necessary
- Questions are asked directly and are not reciprocated
- Establishing appropriate boundaries is important
To have a safe environment, positive relationship, and to gather pertinent information, we need to do 3 things:
Setting context, asking open and closed questions, and clarifying/reflecting
To have a safe environment, positive relationship, and to gather pertinent information, we need to do 3 things:
Setting context, asking open and closed questions, and clarifying/reflecting
To have a safe environment, positive relationship, and to gather pertinent information, we need to do 3 things:
Setting context, asking open and closed questions, and clarifying/reflecting
What is exceptional when maintaining confidentiality
a psychologist may not maintain confidentiality if doing so might fail to prevent harm , you must inform authorities and intended victim
What is exceptional when maintaining confidentiality
a psychologist may not maintain confidentiality if doing so might fail to prevent harm , you must inform authorities and intended victim
what is the first thing you do in an interview with a patient
Talk about informed consent
What are “Unstructured assessment interviews”
open ended questions are used more than closed ended questions, the psychologist goes with the flow
When are unstructured assessment interviews useful
when the client has difficulty articulating specific assessment or treatment goals
What are “Structures diagnostic interviews”
there is a fixed set of questions asked in a specific order
Large organizations may attempt to control cats by having ________ __________ ______ conduct these interviews (structured interviews)
Less qualified staff
What are some reasons to why verbal responses in an interview may be suboptimal (instead using pectoral aids, etc)
- for children
- people from other ethnic backgrounds may lack verbal facility
- hearing/speech impairments
- linguistic concepts can be biased
What are “Semi-Structured interviews”
a set of questions are presented but there is room for the examiner to probe further on client responses in order to obtain a hypothesis
(you can ask additional questions if you hit a good spot)
