case studies

Question 1

What are case studies?

Answer 1

Rm where indv are studies eg brain damage

Question 2

Cs of HM

Answer 2

Surgery to remove hippocampus to reduce epileptic seizures
Anterograde amnesia unable to recall new address
Retrograde amnesia unable to recall uncle passed 3yrs prior
But retained skills of signing, learnt new eg teaching star
So h only in explicit ltm

Question 3

Strength

Answer 3

I study rare behaviour eg hippocampus removed so deep insight in how memory works
J specific eg unable to rehearse new memories but retained and learnt skills eg sign and trace a star so exp is unique and impossible and unethical to create
E useful to inv how diff parts are responsible rdiff typed of memory eg hippo no role in implicit ltm memory

Question 4

Weakness

Answer 4

I difficult to generalise due to uniqueness
J damage is rarely completely localise and other may not be taken in account
E diff to assume similar patients have similar memory impairments due to a small samplesize

Question 5

How is data collected?

Answer 5

Longitudinal
Directly for quantitative= by tests eg recall or fMRI
Qualitative= med records, professional, interviews w fam and friends
retrospective data and present behaviour