Self-Reports Flashcards
What is an unstructured interview?
No set questions and have a clearly defined topic meaning the interviewer can ask any question relating to the general topic.
What are the strengths of unstructured interviews?
Can obtain ecologically valid results as the participants feel as though they are having a general conversation and so are less likely to feel uncomfortable and show demand characteristics as well as more likely to provide honest answers
What are the weaknesses of an unstructured interview?
Interviews are not possible to replicate and so it is unlikely that each participant will be Interviewed in the same way and so results are unreliable.
what is a semi structured interview?
They have a clearly defined general topic of questions where some are set and can be followed up with further unset questions.
what is a strength of semi structured interviews?
the interview seems like a normal conversation and also there are preset questions so participants likely to feel comfortable and less likely to show demand characteristics.This allows the interviewer to gain insight into the response to ensure results of behaviour are valid.
what are the weaknesses of semi structured interview?
If an interviewer isn’t trained they miss an opportunity to discover the real reason to behaviour or they may drift of topic to a general conversation which doesn’t provide relevant data. Time consuming
What is a structured interview?
Have a clearly defined general topic of investigation with set questions in a pre-determind order.
Strength of structured interview.
More reliable as the way participants respond should be consistent ad the interview is replicable.
weakness of structured interview?
Very formal so participants may feel uncomfortable and give socially desirable answers. Interviewer cannot follow up on a participants response so data for this Interview may not be as valid.
