Interviews

• Different types of interviews?

  structured and unstructured
• (+) of interviews?

  * allow psychologists to access what cannot be observed eg thoughts and feelings

  * interviewer can clarify questions and answers

  * structured interviews useful bc easy to compare ppts' answers

  * unstructured interviews give more valid data as explore issues more deeply
• (-) of interviews?

  * rely on ppts being able to articulate thoughts to answer questions

  * bc they're face to face, could be issue with social desirability

  * structured interviews don't allow interviewer to follow new lines of inquiry

  * interviewers can influence answers more in an unstructured interview, making findings less objective