elicitationlisted

Psychological elicitation and deep-interview design using narrative identity (McAdams), self-defining memories (Singer), Motivational Interviewing (Miller & Rollnick OARS), values elicitation (Schwartz), schema detection (Young), and life review (Haight/Birren). Use when designing user interviews that need to reveal motivations rather than stated preferences, writing conversation flows for personal discovery, auditing interview scripts for interrogation anti-patterns, building conversational AI that understands users over time, drafting life story or personal history products, or critiquing a conversation transcript for missed depth. NOT for clinical diagnosis, therapy, or treatment planning. NOT for structured data capture or survey design (use standard survey tools). NOT for persona creation from scratch (use persona-definition). NOT for stakeholder mapping (use persona-mapping).
viktorbezdek/skillstack · ★ 9 · AI & Automation · score 76

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# Elicitation > Depth comes from patience, not probing. The most revealing information emerges when people feel safe to share, not when they are questioned. This skill applies evidence-based psychological frameworks to design conversations that create the conditions for authentic self-disclosure — revealing values, schemas, formative memories, and motivations that standard interviews miss. --- ## When to use this skill - **Interview design** — writing question sequences for user research, life review, personal history, or narrative discovery - **Conversation critique** — auditing a transcript, script, or flow for interrogation anti-patterns and missed depth opportunities - **Values discovery** — surfacing what actually drives a person vs. what they say drives them - **Schema detection** — identifying stable belief patterns that shape behavior across contexts - **Conversational AI design** — building agents that elicit psychological depth ethically over long sessions - **Narrative analysis** — interpreting stories people tell for themes of agency, communion, redemption, contamination ## When NOT to use this skill - **Clinical diagnosis or treatment** — this skill is research/design-oriented, not therapeutic. Use a licensed professional. - **Structured data capture** — if you only need facts (age, job title, preferences), use standard survey design. This skill is for depth, not breadth. - **Persona creation from scratch** — use the `persona-definition` skill for building