Psychology 2080A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Postpartum Depression, Interpersonal Attraction, The Misunderstanding
2 Dec 2014
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Interviewing is the chief method of collecting data in clinical psychiatry. Interviewing is an essential testing tool in subspecialties such as clinical, industrial, counseling, school, and correctional psychology. Interviews play huge roles in our professional and non-professional lives: no introductory text on psychological test could be complete without a reference to the interview. Interview participants also affect each other"s mood: this is evident of social facilitation; we tend to act like the models around us. If the interviewer reacts to the interviewee"s tension and anxiety with more tension and anxiety, than these feelings with mount. By remaining relaxed, confident, and self-assured, the interviewer has a calming effect on the interviewee. Even potentially violent prison inmates or disturbed psychotic people can become manageable when the interviewer sets the proper tone: social facilitation is one of the most important concepts underlying the interview process. 4: to appear effective and establish rapport, the interviewer must display the proper attitudes.
