Gardner and Gardner- Methodology
- Created by: Malak Bendaw
- Created on: 18-01-13 14:39
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- Gardner and Gardner- Methodology
- method evaluation (case study)
- ADV- can gain an in-depth sight into behavior and gather a large amount of qualitative data
- DISADV- cant generalize as sample size was limited so can't generalize beyond Washoe.
- ethical issues
- psychological harm- teaching an animal ASL in not natural, right to withdraw captured from wild and kept in captivity so she couldn't ask to leave
- benefits outweigh costs, as study has allowed us to answer Q's e.g. whether language is innate.
- Reliability
- this exact study was never repeated so reliability was never tested/ ensured
- validty
- just because washoe made signs doesn't mean she understood the rules of language
- washoe didntt give novel utterances just the signs shes been taught so the study may be inaccurate
- use of A.S.L
- some argue A.S.L. is not a form of language
- method evaluation (case study)
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