Kuliah Dek Rizky Psikologi

Clinical observation assessment

• Goals :
• Collect informational that is not available in any other way
• Supplement other data as part of a multiple assessment approach

Benefits of observational assessment

• Supplementing self – reports
• Highlighting situational determinants of behavior : signs vs samples
• Minimizing inference
• Enhancing ecological validity

Observational method

• Selection : people , classes of behavior, events, situations, time
• Provocation : provoke or wait
• Recording : observer memory, record sheet, audio or videotape, physiological monitoring system, timers, counters
• Encording : most difficult : a system for encoding raw observations into usable form must be developed

Approach to observational assessment

• Naturalistic vs controlled observation
• Participants vs non participants : Complete observer, Observer as participant, participant as observer, complete participant

Naturalistic obervation

• Hospital observations
• School observations
• Home observations
• Observations by insiders
• Self – observation ( self – monitoring )

Controlled observation

• Also referred as analogue behavior observation ( ABO ), situation test, and contrived observation
• Performance measures
• Role – playing tests