12th Class Psychology People And Their skills Question Bank Developing Psychological Skills (Short)

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    What are observational skills essential for a professional psychologist’?                          

    Answer:

    Ans.     Psychologists as researchers and practitioners pay attention, watch and listen carefully. They use all their senses, noticing what is seen, heard, smelt, touched, and tasted.
    A psychologist, thus, is like an instrument that absorbs all sources of information from the environment.
    Psychologists should have training in objectives and systematic observation.
    They should have skill to observe various aspects of surrounding including people and varying events.
    Psychologists should engage in observing people and their actions with following precautions:
    — Patience          
    — Optimistic curiosity  
    — Respecting clients privacy.
    — Awareness of peoples reactions, emotions and motivation.
    — Training good questions which could be answered during observation.


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