Case Studies

Question 1

What is a case study? And what does it provide?

Answer 1

A detailed study into the life of a person which gives great insight into their background.

It provides qualitative data.

Question 2

What did Phineas Gage case study show? (Memory)

Answer 2

How different areas of the brain affects personality and cognitive abilities.

Question 3

What did the case study of Genie, ‘the feral child’ show? (Attachments)

Answer 3

Helped look into how cognitive development is based on natureV hey nurture.

Question 4

What did the Henry Molaison case study show? (Memory)

Answer 4

Helped prove that there are different types of long term memory and that they are stored in different parts of the brain.

Question 5

Two advantages of case studies

Answer 5

Opportunity to investigate situations that are usually unethical.

Detailed so gives in-depth insight.

Question 6

Two disadvantages of case studies

Answer 6

Can’t generalised to the wider population.

Information is based on subjective views and interpretation.