case studies Flashcards
define a case study
an in depth study of a single person or small group of people that all share a specific characteristics or traits
what type of people are case studies conducted on
psychologically unusual people
unusual individuals who act out of social norms
organisational practices
typical individuals within a demographic
define retrograde amnesia
cant remember old memories
define anterograde amnesia
cant form new memories
what happened to HM
at 7 he cracked his skull open by falling off a bike and he suffered severe epilepsy until 21
how many neuroscientists was HM examined by
over 100
how did HM’s accident affect his memory
anterograde and retrograde amnesia
could only remember new information for 15 minutes
what type of memory could still be developed after HM’s accident
procedural
explain what happened in Hm’s brain surgery
on September 1st 1953 he got a bilateral medial temporal lobotomy which cut vital pieces of his brain out(his hippocampus)
surgery was performed by Dr. Scoville
what memory task was he asked to perform
he had to draw a star in between 2 stars by looking at the piece of paper through a mirror and he got better each time
how does HM link to MSM
Shows that LTM and STM are separate stores
how does HM relate to WMM
episodic memory was intact but semantic memory wasn’t which shows that they are separate
how does HM link to tulving
he could only process procedural memory which shows that there could be 2 stores in LTM
