Qualitative Research
Case Studies
Psychology: Famous Cases
Task: Click on the link above 'Psychology: Famous Cases'. Read 2-3 cases that interest you. Note how most of them focus on an individual because something interesting/horrible/unfortunate happened and psychologists need to 'seize the moment', in a sense, to learn more about behaviour. This individual focus is called the idiographic approach - very different from a nomothetic approach. Be prepared to share what you find interesting. Try to note the different methods researchers use to learn about behaviour |
Task: Download the 'Triominoes' activity above. Save to your AtR folder under 'Case Study'. The idea is to print & cut out the shapes - please feel free to do this, but as long as you read the descriptions for now, that's ok.
Writing Task: 'With reference to research, describe one research method/strategy used to investigate human experience. ' Topic sentence Define 'case study'; idiographic Use of triangulation to build a case Intrinsic/instrumental angles Descriptive/explanatory Refer to ONE case we have studied so far (Genie or Phineas Gage) - what was learned? Closing line |
Observations (participant, Non-participant, overt/covert, naturalistic)
Interviews (unstructured/Structured/Narrative, semi-structured, focus groups)
Intro to Interviewing --> Watch the first clip on 'Clinical Interviews' and take notes on these Qs in your notes (feel free to copy the Qs into your own document) Title: AtR: Intro to Interviews
- How would you describe the kinds of questions that can be asked in a clinical interview?
- What's the benefit to understanding one's 'role' in an interview
- What does 'talking' allow for?
- What else can a psychologist obtain aside from a sense of dialogue?
- What is the difference between open and closed questions?
- Explain one strength/limitation to an open question. (you'll have to think about this)
- Explain one strength/limitation/ to a closed question. (you'll have to think about this)
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