Interview and Observation
Step 1: Interviewing and Observing
Think about a 10-minute conversation during which you engage two respondents in dialogue on the topic of communication in professional and/or personal life.
employ maximum cognitive empathy skills.
Prior to engaging in your conversation, spend a few minutes generating questions to guide the dialogue. Consider beginning the conversation using a broad, open-ended question or inquiry such as, “Tell me about an experience when the communication process was effective.” Next, ask multiple follow-up questions. Examples include:
Tell me more about that.
How did you feel at that time?
What was the context for this communication related experience?
Consider the following areas to guide your observations during the interview process:
Body language
Fruitful or interesting moments
Evidence of cognitive empathy
Powerful moments
Emotions expressed
Step 2: Sense-Making
Analyze your thoughts.
Identify any emerging patterns from both interviews (i.e., any common responses, phrases, key words, etc.).
Write a paper discussing the overall impressions of the entire process and include your personal reactions to the process.
Consider the following:
Did this exercise change your perceptions on a specific area/topic?
How will you use this knowledge as you move forward in the doctoral journey?
When you do your research?
Was there any unexpected awareness that evolved from this exercise?
Substantiate definitive statements by using citations.
Format your paper to APA standards 7th edition
Include a title page, conclusion and reference page.
