The Following Is True About Note Taking in an Interview

question 12

Multiple Choice

The following is true about note taking in an interview:

• A) Clients should not be informed of the purpose of taking notes
• B) As a worker gains experience, note taking during an interview usually increases in quantity
• C) Most experienced interviewers find that they often do not have to take notes during a therapeutic interview
• D) If note taking appears to be a disruptive tactic, remind the client that he or she gave consent

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Definitions:

Personality Disorders

A group of mental health conditions characterized by long-lasting, inflexible patterns of thought and behavior that differ significantly from cultural expectations and cause distress or impairment.

Alternative DSM-5 Model

A different approach within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, aiming to integrate dimensional assessments of personality disorders and other mental health conditions.

Dimensional Perspectives

An approach in psychology that quantifies a person's symptoms or traits along a continuum rather than categorizing them as present or absent.

Continuum

A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, although the extremes are quite distinct.