You will be conducting an online or phone interview with a partner/friend/family member about their personal struggles with sport or exercise performance.
psychology
Description
You will be conducting an online or phone interview with a partner/friend/family member about their personal struggles with sport or exercise performance. The topic should involve an emotional component centering on the challenges of performance. This could be difficulty with starting an exercise, consistency, or skill development.
The purpose of this assignment is to help the speaker flush out the underlying issues by using good
listening skills that include paraphrasing, questioning, summarizing, minimal encouragers and
validations. You must attempt to use a breadth of skills. You will be demonstrating your ability to
apply the concepts of listening, giving feedback, facilitating, and establishing a professional
relationship. I would suggest making an audio-file of your interview so that it is easier to analyze
your use of different listening skills (make sure you check in with your speaker that you plan to
record). I do not need to have the audio recording submitted; the recording is to help you document
your skills. I am looking for depth of reflection and analysis. Do not simply answer the questions
below
For your paper document 6 different instances where you demonstrated good listening skills. For each of the 6 instances:
1. Set the tone for me. What was being discussed prior to you using your listening skill? What was the speaker saying?
2. Identify the listening skill you used.
3. What did you say? (I would like a direct quote; put your sentences into quotation marks)
4. Discuss how the speaker responded when you used the listening skill.
5. How well do you think your listening skill worked?
6. What would you do differently?
7. What else did you learn?
