Preparations

This appendix focuses on the type of interview used for ascertaining the RCR level at which the interviewee argues, not on interviewing in general. To produce satisfactory interviews for the stated purpose, a future interviewer needs to be trained threefold. First, he or she needs to learn how to encourage the interviewee to present his or her genuine views as distinct from what just comes to mind, is thought to be the desired answer, or is a repetition of something heard or read. Second, the future interviewer needs to learn RCR theory, and have the level descriptions (see Table 4.1, p.) firmly in mind, this in order to ask clarifying questions in case of ambivalent answers regarding discriminating level criteria. Third, the interview dilemmas need to be known from all angles and ‘interiorised’. For convenience, the three standard dilemmas are reproduced below: