Question

FOR AP PSYCHOLOGY

Answer the following in several complete sentences:

Describe how psychologists use case studies and surveys to study personality. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?

Answer 1

Psychologists use case studies to study aspects of a certain person’s situation that may not always apply to other people but tend to be more helpful in studying in depth about things such as brain injuries or rare mental illnesses. Surveys are better to study a representative group of the population but don’t offer as much in depth information about individuals