PSYC 201W Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Visual Agnosia, Neuropsychological Test, Psychological Evaluation
7 Mar 2017
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Case study an in-depth analysis of an individual, social unit, or event. Many case studies just examine one person. Detail the symptoms, histories, and treatment of individuals who have various disorders. May focus on couples, families, groups, teams, organizations, or even an entire community or culture. Taking to family members, and others who know the participant. Psychological assessment (personality test, intelligence tests, neuropsychological test, etc. ) Reported in multiple forms (entire book, publication, etc. ) Visual agnosia, an inability to visually recognize objects. Offer window into the nature of a person"s behaviour and mental life. Provide detail about unusual events and people who have rare psychological abilities or disorders. Provide insight into more common psychological experiences and af ictions. Provide insight into the possible causes of behaviour. Support for external validity of ndings obtained in other types of research. Three issues: the dif culty of drawing clear casual conclusions, the generalizability of the ndings, the potential for observer bias.
