PSYC37H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mental Status Examination, Therapeutic Relationship
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Interviewer and interviewee influence on another relationship between the interviewer and interviewee. Social facilitation: the tendency for people to do better on simple tasks when in the presence of other people in terms of interviews, to reciprocate and continue the flow of the interview. Interview attitude is crucial: positive attitudes that are important for successful interviews: warmth, genuineness, acceptance, openness, honesty, understanding, fairness. People may become defensive in response to why? questions feels like an attack. An important interview skill is the ability to re-phrase questions to help elicit information in an effective manner, be creative with probing questions or statements. Interviewer makes efforts to keep the interview flowing appropriately. Open- (no restraints on answers) and closed-ended ( yes" or no" questions, typically ends a conversation) questions: very different impacts on the flow of the interview. Transitional phrases: provides a connection between ideas or topics within the interview.
