using case studies on brain damaged patients (cognitive psychology pack 1)

Question 1

3 strengths of case studies on brain damaged patients

Answer 1

1. deliberate damage to memory/brains of humans not ethical = instead of deliberately harming someone so it is a unique insight into how memory works and is ethical
2. gathers rich detailed data about memory= due to excessive procedure it gives us all functions
3. can take a long time= we can see the development of memory over time

Question 2

3 weaknesses of case studies of brain damaged patients

Answer 2

1. Based only on one person= memory damage may nit be the same for everyone so can’t generalise
2. subjective interpretation= only a few people interpret function
3. takes a long time= due to changes in the brain, disorder may change and ppt may drop out