Types of Verbal Responses. Various classificatory systems have been proposed to distinguish interviewing techniques. Often these are anxiety-provoking responses. These are often considered no-no's because they can skew the information that is subsequently provided by the respondent. They may also invalidate the interviewee's feelings and attitudes.
Predictive validity is often unimpressive.
Can be more narrowly focus, e.g. on the development of a phobia. Structured Clinical Interviews use a specific set and sequence of questions, operationally define terms, and offer scoring procedures. These are interviews conducted like tests. They are standardized as are test. Assessment Interviews are less structured, more conversational approaches to exploring or examining psychological functioning, interests, symptoms, defensive and coping styles, beliefs, attitudes, etc.