Case Study Method (Farida)

gives detailed phenomenal contextual view

help understand social factor: Individual development behaviour.

help study single instances of physical phenomenon

Useful for noexperimental studies

Not explanatory method

Cause-effect conclusions not drawn

Conditions not controlled

Involove single individle: Not representative to group/population

provided bydifferent people:Important details left out

Data collected:retrospective, past event recollections-->Problems inherent to memory

Non-Experimental

Descriptive type of Study

In-depth descriptive record

Data recorded by outside observer

Biographical Data

Medical Records

Family History

Observations

Interviews

Psychological test results

Observes Behaviour/Experiences

Biology

How does one track a deadly hereditary killer?

Geology

Can volcanoes be classified by comparing volcanic deposits to observations of historic eruptions?

Psychology

What happens to a person who loses track of their own age?

Sociology

This is the classic case study of Anna, a young child raised in extreme isolation and the effect of this isolation on her psych-social development.