Case Conceptualization Strategies: The Relationship Between Psychologists' Experience Levels, Academic Training, and Mode of Clinical Inquiry

Psychologists and psychology students (n = 138) were provided an artificial-intelligence program that simulated a date rape client's responses to typed questions. Participants were asked to conduct a “clinical interview” by typing in their questions. Clinical experience was unrelated to participants' levels of confidence, perceived expertise, and efficiency in generating or analyzing questions. Both experience and academic level of training, however, affected participant's mode of questioning.