Entering the Child's Mind: The Clinical Interview In Psychological Research and Practice

by Herbert P. Ginsburg

• ISBN13: 9780521496858
• ISBN10: 0521496853
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Entering the Child’s Mind teaches a powerful technique for gaining insight into a child’s way of thinking. In the tradition of Piaget and Vygotsky, Dr Herbert P. Ginsburg argues that standardized instruments of evaluation often fail to meet the challenges of complex cognition. He presents the ‘clinical interview’ as a powerful tool that, when understood and used properly, can provide psychologists with a profound appreciation for children’s thinking. Dr Ginsburg aims to convince the reader that the method has important applications in research, clinical practice, and education. The clinical interview offers a degree of flexibility that allows psychologists to more closely assess the thinking of a particular child.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xv
The Need to Move Beyond Standardized Methods	1	(29)
What Is the Clinical Interview? Where Did It Come From? Why Do It?	30	(40)
What Happens in the Clinical Interview?	70	(45)
Not a Cookbook: Guidelines for Conducting a Clinical Interview	115	(44)
Evaluating Clinical Interviews: How Good Are They?	159	(50)
Toward the Future: The Clinical Interview and the Curriculum	209	(22)
Appendix: Transcript of the Interview with Toby	231	(18)
Notes	249	(12)
References	261	(10)
Index	271