Question

Rudolph, a client, was asked a set of questions by his clinician in his initial interview. The questions were highly standardized and objective. Rudolph was surprised because his friends had told him to expect general and open-ended questions such as, "Tell me about yourself." The clinician most likely conducted a

A. behavioral observation
B. projective test
C. survey
D. structured interview

Answer 1

The answer is D. structured interview.

Step-by-step explanation:

In a structured interview, the researchers or interviewers ensure that every interview is done exactly the same way; same questions and same order. This type of interview is mostly quantitative, this is, it records numerical data.

The advantage of this type of interview is that the data can be objectively analysed and compared to others, and for this reson increases the reliability of the results.