capafons Flashcards

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what were capafons aims?

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• to see if S.D was a successful treatment for a phobia of flying.

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who were capafons participants?

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• 20 patients
• 21 in the control group
• recruited via a self selected media campaign

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what were capafons pretesting measures?

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• personal interview
• fear of flying scale
• video of a plain shown to participants with measures of heart rate and temperature measured simultaneously
• fear scales of seeing a flight, being on one etc

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what was capafons treatment method?

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• two hour sessions a week for eight weeks
• taught relaxation techniques such as breathing controls
• in vivo and vitro methods were used

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what were capafons results?

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• 90% of participants showed significant results
• treatment of S.D worked well for treating a phobia of flying

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what are capafons strengths?

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• high reliability due to standardised procedure
• high validity due to baseline measures being taken making it credible
• high ethics as it was a self selected sample

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what are capafons weaknesses?

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• low generalisability as only phobias of flights were tested
• low applications as 10% didn’t have any reduction
• low ecological validity as the test was conducted in a small university

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