CASE STUDIES

Question 1

Case studies

Answer 1

detailed study into life of a person which covers great detail into their background
- range of data is collected from individual, organisation or institution mainly from interviews and observations

Question 2

snapshot

Answer 2

case studies that look at a behaviour over short period of time is called a snapshot

Question 3

longutidinal case study

Answer 3

show changes in behaviour of particpiants over time.

Question 4

strengths of case study

Answer 4

• detailed so able to gain data in depth . holistic approach to conducting research is favoured by humanistic psychologistics arguing depth of detail gives highly valuable insights and a true reflection of a persons experience.

Question 5

limitations of case studies

Answer 5

1. not generalisable to whole population as data is only collected from one person
2. various interviewer biases are present like social desirability bias and interpretative bias
3. retrospective studies may rely on memory which could be inaccurate
4. time consuming and difficult to replicate.