RESEARCH METHODS - Case studies
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- Created on: 02-04-19 13:02
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- Case studies - research methods
- General
- detailed study of individ, institution or event
- overlaps with longitudinal studies
- eg. how people where effected by an event over a certain amount of time
- Individuals
- HM - concerned memory, inability to form new memories but learned his way around the lab
- Little Hans - psychoanalysis by Freud - Little Albert was NOT - trials of CC not a detailed account of him
- Genie, czech twins
- Events
- 911, Grenfell tower, London mobs 2011
- Evaluation (A03)
- offers rich, in-depth data info. insight info overlooked by other methods are likely to be identified
- sample: with some conditions, lots of people may be hard to find so case studies are better
- research into some conditions (eg. privation) will be unethical - Genie
- difficult to generalise from individ cases
- unique individs - HM study tells us about his operation of memory but don't know how much his epilepsy affects his behaviour
- confidentiality, informed consent issues
- continuing to treat people (longitudinal study) can cause more stress / damage (Genie)
- longitudinal case studies - people can drop out (sample attrition)
- some types of people may drop out - therefore sample become skewed
- General
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