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Case Studies (What is case studies? (Examples (The case of Janet…

- - - - group of people
      - particular individual
  - - - gathering information
        
        easily to individual cases
      - The case of HM
        
        HW had a surgery for reducing the frequency of his epileptic seizures. There was an unexpected problem occurred,partly because in 1953 it was not clear what role the temporal lobes might have in memory. HM's operation resulted in the removal of more of his brain than was intended and had profound effects on his memory.
        
        In 1996, the scans showed the extent of damage:besides damage to the temporal lobes,other parts of the brain had been damaged,and it is supposed that this was caused by a bad reaction to the epileptic medication.
        
        Conclusion:①HM is not forming new memories ②Because years of medication have dulled his mood ③Because of damage to the emotional amygdalae caused by the operation
    - - the introduction of new technology
        that changes the way people work
      - Absenteeism
        
        analysis of interview data gathered
        from various members of staff
        in management and non-management positions
        
        discussing causes of absence would be a particularly good way to elicit data
        
        the use of diaries
        
        identify changes that address the problem
        
        flextime systems
        
        offering an on-site medical servide
        
        reducing employer expectations
        
        introducing fines for lateness
        
        making the workplace a nicer environment in any number of ways
    - - A railway worker,Phineas Gage hurt his head because of an explosion during his work.He was nursed to recovery under the care of his physician,J.M. Harlow, but significant changes in his personality were noted.Harlow described him as being more aggressive,rude,and ambitious.
      - Conclusion:It is common for people with frontal lobe brain damage to become disinhibited.
    - - Demonstrates the curious phenomenon known as hemineglect.
      - The study of a woman Janet who died after developing a brain tumour. She is unconscious about the left side.
      - Conclusion:It is not from an inability to see or sense, but rather an apparently willing neglect by the half of the brain that is affeted.
    - - Conclusion:Speech production is a function of the left hemiphere.
      - A group of 10 patients who had undergone a split-brain operation to relieve severe epilepsy became available for research,Sperry and his colleagues began testing the capabilities of each of the two hemispheres to establish what functions might be lateralized in the human brain.
- - - - The case of Genie(a girl who was 13 years old with severe language deficiencies,probably as a result of extreme childhood deprivation)
- - - - result in subjective decisions about research design
      - result in reporting of findings
      - change the behaviour of the participants