PSY 257 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Dont, Malingering, Ethnography

• School: U of S
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 257
• Professor: Donna Darbellay

Document Summary

Chapter 4 : interviewing and observation in clinical psychology. A good source of v and n-v information. & different structures for them: interviews typed according to structure: unstructured. Often mid-course and mid-session: interviews typed according to structure: semi -structured. Psy 257 page 1: interviews typed according to structure: structured. Bandwidth or fidelity - decision tree: advantages and disadvantages of structure. First step with 3 goals: establish and begin diagnosis and parameters. Orients the person (varies according to purpose: treatment, research or assessment: interviews typed to purpose: Duty to warn, examine own role and refer: stages in interview & therapy. Meat is the middle: stages in the intake interview. Psy 257 page 3: differences between engagement & rapport for assessment / therapy. Different challenges: common skills needed in all interviews/sessions. Transfer of power (re-parenting: common non-verbal communication in interviews. Same goal: client comfort; includes setting: setting a non-verbal factor. Moderation - common sense: sources of error in interviews.