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Reflective Report Interview Skills
Mandy Roosendaal, 2663488
m.roosendaal@student.vu.nl
Psychology, Psychological Interview Skills 1: Basic Skills
Lisette Petersen, group 2
30-06-2020
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Preparation
Mr. Smith is a 22-year-old man who just moved out of his father’s house to start
living together with his girlfriend in a new city. He just graduated and will start his new
job as an accountant in the same city in September. The interview is done in his new
home.
Mr. Smith experiences some issues with moving to a new city with his girlfriend.
These issues include having to leave his father and friends behind. He is most worried
about his father because Mr. Smith’s mother passed away and his father now lives
alone.
Four possible themes that could be addressed during the interview are when the
issues are experienced most, whether the issues were expected, how Mr. Smith feels
about the issues, and how Mr. Smith copes with the issues.
My first learning goal for this interview is related to summarising. The summaries
I gave during the practice interviews did not fully cover every important aspect of the
conversation. I find it difficult to remember everything that has been said in the interview
which results in an incomplete summary. For this interview, I want to give more accurate
and complete summaries. I want to achieve this goal by taking notes during the
interview and using these notes when I give a summary. I will have achieved this goal if
I gave at least one accurate summary that covers all important aspects that were
discussed prior to the summary.
My second learning goal for this interview is related to reflecting emotions. I have
barely used this skill so far, which is why I want to work on it. During the practice
interviews, I found it difficult to find the right moment to reflect emotions and, therefore,
often did not use this skill at all. For this interview, I want to use this skill more. To
achieve this, I will write down “reflect emotions” on my notepad beforehand as a
reminder for myself to use this skill. I will also try to be alert so that I notice when Mr.
Smith shows his emotions. I will have achieved this goal if I reflected Mr. Smith’s
emotions at least twice.
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Results
The following table shows my own conversational turns in the grey rows and Mr. Smith’s conversational turns in the
white rows. It also shows my own non-verbal behaviour and the skills I used.
Verbal Non-verbal Skill(s) used
00:06
Good morning. So, how are you today?
00:09
I'm doing wine, well.
00:10 Verbal following,
Good. Um, so we're here today to talk about your issues, uh, with opening the
moving out of her father's house and moving in with your girlfriend. Um, interview
the goal of today is to, uh, get a clear picture of that, uh, problem. Um,
the conversation will last about 20 minutes. Uh, do you have anything
to mention or to ask before we start?
00:32
No.
00:32 Verbal following,
Okay. Um, so, Oh, and by the way, I'm going to take some notes in the opening the
meantime, just so you know what I'm doing. interview
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00:38
It’s fine.
00:38 Asking questions
Um, so can you tell me a little bit about the issues you were having? (open)
00:43 00:48 Nodding
Well, um, like my girlfriend and I have been together for almost five
00:53 Nodding
years, we were really, uh, yeah, we're ready to ready for the next part
of our lives. So living together, um, we were looking for a long time. 01:02 Nodding and smiling
Just recently, like a few weeks ago, we finally got the keys and now, 01:05 Nodding
uh, yeah, it's all been a roller coaster real quickly. Uh, everything's
01:13 Nodding
changing, had to get, like, when we got the yes-word, it's like five days
later we got the keys. So, um, it's all being, yeah, a big grind for me. 01:22 Nodding
Um, I had to, uh, leave everyone behind, my dad is, he's living alone
01:24 Nodding
because my mother passed away like two years ago. Um, yeah, with
01:27 Nodding
the current situation, with the coronavirus, it's all just being even more,
uh, turbulent. I was working at home for my, uh, internship, finishing my 01:33 Nodding
degree, which is now finished, so. Um, so yeah, that's the situation
01:35 Nodding
right now. I just left stuff behind and we're just waiting for furniture to
get in and all the problems that come with that. 01:39 Nodding
01:42 Nodding
