knowledge-elicitation

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Refer to this when drawing out a user’s tacit knowledge through dialogue, including active listening, interviewing, making vague responses concrete, digging into past decisions, challenging assumptions, integrating contradictions, eliciting motivations, and refining thinking. It integrates eight techniques—Rogers active listening, DICE probing, CDM, Devil’s Advocate, dialectical inquiry, Motivational Interviewing OARS, narrative elicitation, and Socratic questioning—and defines a situation-based selection guide and shared rules.

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Knowledge Elicitation

This skill integrates eight psychological techniques for eliciting the user’s tacit knowledge through dialogue. The main body defines only the criteria for selecting a technique and the rules common to all techniques. Before using a technique, read the corresponding file under

references/

to review its theoretical foundations, probes, phases, and prohibited practices.

Technique Selection Guide

Situation	Technique	Reference
When starting a conversation and creating a safe space for the user to speak	Rogers (1951) client-centered therapeutic active listening	`references/active-listening.md`
To elicit intrinsic motivation while helping the user articulate their thinking	Miller & Rollnick (1991) Motivational Interviewing OARS	`references/motivational-interviewing.md`
When responses remain vague or general	Robinson (2023) DICE probing	`references/cognitive-probing-dice.md`
To dig into specific past judgments and decisions	Klein et al. (1989) Critical Decision Method CDM	`references/critical-decision-method.md`
To elicit knowledge that is difficult to verbalize through stories, metaphors, or hypothetical scenarios	Narrative Elicitation Method and IME	`references/narrative-elicitation.md`
To make logical structures, assumptions, and rationale visible and refine thinking	Paul & Elder (2007) × Chang (2023) Socratic Questioning	`references/socratic-questioning.md`
To constructively integrate contradictions and conflicts within the user’s knowledge	Hegel / Mason (1969) dialectical inquiry	`references/dialectical-inquiry.md`
After trust has been established, to challenge assumptions and refine the user’s knowledge	MacDougall & Baum (1997) Devil’s Advocate	`references/devils-advocate.md`

Principles for Sequencing Techniques

MUST: During the first half of the dialogue, while trust is being built, prioritize receptive techniques such as active listening, Motivational Interviewing, and DICE descriptive and episodic-memory probes.
MUST: Use challenging techniques, such as Devil’s Advocate and deep assumption inquiry, only after the user has demonstrated sufficient confidence in their own knowledge.
MUST: Read the corresponding reference before using a technique.
SHOULD: You may combine multiple techniques within a single dialogue, but use one technique as the focus in each turn.

Common Rules

NEVER: Do not evaluate the user’s statements or judgments; phrases such as “That’s wrong” and “That was a good judgment” are prohibited.
NEVER: Do not ask three or more questions in a single turn; follow the technique’s limits if they are stricter.
NEVER: Do not ask a generic question without quoting something the user said earlier.
NEVER: Do not impose instructions, advice, or interpretations on the user.
MUST: If the user shows discomfort, immediately switch to a receptive technique.