PSYC3016 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Eye Contact, Mental Age, Proxemics
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Common themes: forensic: child as a victim/child as perpetrator, psychological research, clinical interview/treatment. What matters: consent, comfort of the child, reliability of data, do no harm. Can they leave to use the toilet. Have they had a snack lately: if hungry, cognitive performance will be impacted. Influence of others: child is pressured to say something. Children can listen/hear: physically uncomfortable, explanation, duration, process: what it involves, expectations, tour, honesty, transparency: tell them things they need to know, no secret or mystery, affect, appropriate expression, paying attention, video yourself. Comfort of child- child at risk : abuse, maltreatment: appropriate language, age of child, mental age, professional, don"t try to be cool. Relationship building: relationship built on trust, need to be comfortable, engage without being invasive, start with simple questions and give time for child to respond, eye contact, don"t make promises unless you are certain you can follow through. Extracting information- all contexts: quantity of information.
