Glossary I
Glossary I
Interventions refer to specific programs designed to assess levels of behaviors, introduce ways to change them, measure whether change has occurred, and assess the impact of the change. Interventions are programs designed by Psychologists to change behaviors.
Interview is defined as the structured or unstructured collection of survey data by means of direct face-to-face contact/meeting of an interviewer with a respondent held for the purpose of gaining information about a person´s personal history, personality traits, current psychological state, and so forth. Moreover, Interview refers to a data-collection encounter in which one person (an interviewer) asks questions to another (a respondent/interviewee). Interviews may be conducted face-to-face or by telephone; method of gathering information by talk, discussion or direct questions.
Intimacy refers to the connection to another person characterized by mutual caring, openness, self -disclosure, honesty, attentiveness, sharing, commitment, trust, empathy, and tenderness.
Englisch: Erik Erikson 's Theory of Psychosocial Development stages
Intimacy vs. isolation (young adult) refers to the 6th stage of Erik Erikson's theory of Psychosocial development where the social task of the young adult is to create strong, long-lasting bonds of friendship and love.