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Question 1

How many pps?

Answer 1

32
22 female, 10 male
aged 1.5-6 years

Question 2

What is the mean age for pps?

Answer 2

3.2 years

Question 3

How long on average had pps had asthma?

Answer 3

2.2 years

Question 4

How were participants recruited?

Answer 4

Random sampling method- clinics over large geographical area across Australia

Question 5

Experiment? Design?

Answer 5

• field experiment (own homes)

- repeated measures design

Question 6

What does operant conditioning mean?

Answer 6

Stimulus and response

Action and reward

Question 7

How long did pps have to use funhaler for?

Answer 7

2 weeks

Question 8

How many questionnaires did parents have to take?

Answer 8

2

-1 before and after 2 week period

Question 9

What did the questionnaires ask?

Answer 9

Questions relating to:

• compliance of parents and children
• did children enjoy?
• how easy to use?

Question 10

How did the experimenters back up their research (weren’t only relying on self reports)?

Answer 10

Randomly called during 2 week period and were asked if they had used funhaler day before

Question 11

What is a benefit of the funhaler?

Answer 11

New toys can be taken away and added so children do not get bored

Question 12

What did random phone call suggest?

Answer 12

38% more parents used funhaler day before than those parents who had use the spacer the day before

Question 13

How many more children took the full dosage of inhales from funhaler?

Answer 13

60%

Question 14

+/- of study:

Answer 14

+field- natural behaviour (children feel comfortable)
-self report- open to bias
+quantitative data
+consent from parents (privacy and debrief)
+ high ecological validity (field)
+high levels of replicability (all pps had same instructions)
+good samples, wide range, random sampling
-cultural factors that may effect if children take funhaler (how some cultures view medicine)
+shows we can alter Childress behaviour with operant conditioning