EDEXCEL A LEVEL COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

EDEXCEL A-LEVEL COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. What are case studies? ---ANSWER: Allows data gathered to be in-depth and detailed. Gathers data from many different sources and different research methods What type of data do case studies gather? ---ANSWER: Qualitative, but can also give quantitative (e.g. IQ tests) What is triangulation? ---ANSWER: Gathering data using different research methods and developing themes. Who was HM? ---ANSWER: Henry Molaison What happened to HM? ---ANSWER: Suffered brain injury as a result of a surgical procedure to relieve him from seizures caused by epilepsy. Which part of HM's brain was removed? ---ANSWER: William Scoville removed HM's hippocampus, which was associated with consolidating memories. What happened to HM's memory? ---ANSWER: He was assessed as having anterograde (loss of ability to make NEW memories) and retrograde (loss of ability to recall events PRIOR to the injury) amnesia.