PSY 480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Body Language

• School: University of Portland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 480
• Professor: Derek Boylen

Document Summary

Start with open and end with closed. Observation is the act of watching carefully and intentionally with the purpose of understanding behavior. Mastering this skill takes time and practice. Trying to identify not only the problem that the client is talking but trying to understand what they are not saying through body language and demeanor. Facial expressions: (cid:373)ili(cid:374)g is a good i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ator of i(cid:374)ter(cid:448)ie(cid:449)er"s (cid:449)ar(cid:373)th a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ari(cid:374)g. Important to developing relationship: client nonverbal give you important clues to what he or she is experiencing and may include, brow furrow, lips tighten or loosen, flushing, smiling at inappropriate times. Four dimensions useful for direct verbal observation in the session: patterns of selective attention, (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t (cid:862)ke(cid:455) (cid:449)ords(cid:863), abstract and concrete conversation, and, (cid:862)i(cid:863) state(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts a(cid:374)d (cid:862)other(cid:863) state(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. Mat(cid:272)h (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s st(cid:455)le a(cid:374)d joi(cid:374) (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t (cid:449)here he/she is. Help concrete clients get abstract and pattern oriented. (cid:862)i(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)other(cid:863) tate(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. Re(cid:448)eal (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s (cid:448)ie(cid:449)s of the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es i(cid:374) relatio(cid:374) to others.