strength and weaknesses

• Pros


  • can gather a sample of behavior objectively with lesser bias
  • flexible, can be verbal or nonverbal
• Cons


  • In crisis situations when relatively rapid decisions need to be made, it can be impractical to take the time required to administer and interpret tests
• Test


  • Pros
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• Pros


  • can take note of verbal and nonverbal cues
  • flexible
  • time and cost effective
  • both structured and unstructured allows clinicians to place a wider, more meaningful context
  • can also be used to help predict future behaviors
  • interviews allow clinicians to establish rapport and encourage client self-exploration
• Cons


  • sometimes, due to negligence of interviewer and interviewee, it can miss out important information
  • interviewer's effect on the interviewee
  • various error such as halo effect, primacy effect, etc.
  • interrater reliability
  • interviewer bias
• Interview


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• Pros


  • provides comprehensive illustration of the client which highlights the strengths and weaknesses
• Cons


  • can be very demanding
  • time consuming
• Portfolio


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• Pros


  • flexible
  • suitable for subjs that cannot be studied in lab setting
  • more realistic
  • affordable
  • can detect patterns
• Cons


  • For private practitioners, it is typically not practical or economically feasible to spend hours out of the consulting room observing clients as they go about their daily lives
  • lack of scientific control, ethical considerations, and potential for bias from observers and subjects
  • unable to draw cause-and-effect conclusions
  • lack of control
  • lack of validity
  • observer bias
• Observation


  • Pros
  • Cons
• Pros


  • can fully show the experience of the observer in the program
  • shed light on an individual's past and current adjustment as well as on the events and circumstances that may have contributed to any changes in adjustment
• Cons


  • cannot be used to generalize a phenomenon
• Case History


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• Pros


  • encourages individuals to come together to find solutions and to get to know how their colleagues think
  • group can discuss ways to potentially resolve the situation and participants leave with as much information as possible, resulting in more efficient handling of similar real-life scenarios
• Cons


  • may not be as useful as the real thing in all situation
  • time-consuming
  • expensive
  • inconvenient to assess in a real situation
  • While some employees will be comfortable role playing, they're less adept at getting into the required mood needed to actually replicate a situation
• Role Play


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