Contemporary Study Flashcards
What is the contemporary study in learning psychology
Capafons (1998)
What was Capafons (1998) aim
To see whether SD is an effective treatment at treating the fear of flying
Why was Capafons (1998) useful to consider?
1 in 6 people are afraid of flying and identifying an effective treatment would have useful applications to those people
Who were Capafons pp
41 pp, 17 male and 24 females
Split into control group (21pp) and experimental group (20pp)
What happened to the control group and what happened to the experimental group
Control group were put on a waiting list
Experimental group followed desensitisation
What did the SD process involve for the experimental group
Anxiety hierarchy
Relaxation techniques
Gradual exposure
How did Capafons measure the pp levels of anxiety
EMV scale - levels of anxiety
EPAV scale - no. of catastrophic thoughts
They also used physiological measures such as HR and interviews
8 weeks after what happened
They were invited back to take part in a questionnaire and watch a flight video
What did Capafons find
In the experimental group 90% of the pp showed significant improvement
Compared to none in the experimental group
What does this suggest
SD is an effective treatment at treating the fear of flying
Generalisability of Capafons (1998)
Low,
Only 20 pp treated
1 in 6 people afraid
However, no idea it would work so could easily be repeated larger scale
Reliability of Capafons (1998)
Standardised procedure
Set events set order
Easily repeatable
Highly reliable
Applicability of Capafons (1998)
Yes,
Shows SD an effective treatment at treating the fear of flying
However,
Low generalisability
Validity of Capafons (1998)
Ask Big Baller Becks
So many measure meant Capafons raised the
Credibility of SD
