Summary: A Self-Critique Of The Interview Process
A self-critique of the interview process and your role:
I began with listening and responding empathically and encouraged Precious to talk about her feelings. Being empathic especially works well with adolescents because of their egocentric formal operational thinking. According to a developmental psychologist David Elkind, adolescent egocentrism is a stage of self-absorption where the world is seen only from one’s own perspective. Egocentrism refers to “a type of thought that is characterized by preoccupation with one’s behavior, feeling, or thoughts in a self-conscious manner” (Ashford, 2013, p. 441). Elkind’s attitude was that adolescents were highly critical of authority figures, unwilling to accept criticism, and quick to find fault with
I began with listening and responding empathically and encouraged Precious to talk about her feelings. Being empathic especially works well with adolescents because of their egocentric formal operational thinking. According to a developmental psychologist David Elkind, adolescent egocentrism is a stage of self-absorption where the world is seen only from one’s own perspective. Egocentrism refers to “a type of thought that is characterized by preoccupation with one’s behavior, feeling, or thoughts in a self-conscious manner” (Ashford, 2013, p. 441). Elkind’s attitude was that adolescents were highly critical of authority figures, unwilling to accept criticism, and quick to find fault with