Why Would an Interviewer Use the Mirroring Technique

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why would an interviewer use the mirroring technique?

• A) To display friendliness to the interviewee and encourage them to open up.
• B) To make a mockery of the interviewee and encourage them to make an excited utterance.
• C) To keep the interviewee's attention on the interviewer and his questions.
• D) To subliminally let the interviewee know who is in charge of the situation.

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Definitions:

Accommodation

A cognitive process in Jean Piaget's theory where individuals adjust their schemas (mental models) to new information.

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight due to a lack of attention.

Perceptual Set

A tendency to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others, influenced by expectations, experiences, and context.

Feature Analysis

A method in cognitive psychology for understanding how the human mind perceives and processes information by breaking down stimuli into component features.