Key Characteristics and Values of interviews Flashcards
Relational
a brief relationship between interviewer and interviewee, requiring trust and reciprocity, built via the full interview process
Contextual
people are complex, and life happens amidst many overlapping complexities; aim for specificity avoid the dull general
Non-evaluative
aim is to understand what people think, feel, perceive, and experience, not to judge; judging can cause loss of rich description
Person centered
the person’s experience with the interview is more important than the data -> stay engaged and stay alert to signs of distress
Temporal (time based)
researchers should be aware of teh temporal nature of a person’s development trajectory, that key moments in time can be greatly impactful to what is shared and how it’s shared
Partial
researchers must understand that an interview is a brief interaction, and the data collected from the interview doesn’t encapsulate the entirety of that individual; it is a partial glimpse into their life
Subjective
people live their lives through their own interpretation. Researchers should aim to understand people’s positions, views, adn experiences - to understand the individual’s subjectivity
Non-neutral
interviews have layers of bias, assumption, politics (micro and macro), and other influences. The data received is mediated by numerous factors, found within both the interviewee and the interviewer