Case Studies
- Created by: jaymelouise2
- Created on: 19-04-15 15:41
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- Case Studies
- AO2
- Hard to gen to anyone
- Each case is unique to that individual due to all their life exp.
- Eg, with Genie, the abuse/events she went through are completely diff to someone constantly moving foster homes. Both can lead to privation but effect the person in different ways.
- Not rep of anyone else!
- High in val
- Gather lots of rich, indepth, qual data about the case.
- With Genie, researchers gained data about her life before she was rescued and about her dev after so researcher has a great understanding of Genie like other researchers do for their cases.
- So, can be considered accurate!
- lacks rel, researchers are subjective in their interp but higher as more than one researcher/method used
- Ethics: pseudonym used, works with researcher so full consent given
- But issue with right to withdraw, may feel pressured to continue and confidentiality is hard to protect
- Hard to gen to anyone
- AO1
- Involve investigating one single person/family/case
- Gather detailed, indepth qualitative date about the Ps lives.
- Researchers use other research methods eg interviews, observations
- Eg in Child Psych: a case study was carried out on Genie to investigate the effects of privation and to see if they were reversible
- Involves attempting to help the person and usually uses a pseudonym
- AO2
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