Fearures Of Adherence To Medical Regimes - Bandura Flashcards
What was the method?
Quasi experiment
Name the aim of Bandura’s study
To assess the self efficacy of patients engaging in systematic desensitisation for snake phobias
Who were the participants?
10 snake phobic patients who replied to an advertisement. 9 females, 1 male, aged 19-57 years
What did Bandura measure in the procedure?
Their level of fear and their perception of how well they could cope
What sort of exercises were they given before the experiment began?
Relaxation exercises
What was the first stage of desensitisation?
Under controlled conditions participants were shown pictures of snakes
What was the second stage of desensitisation after arousal levels had fallen?
Participants were put in the same room as the snakes
What was the final stage of desensitisation?
Participants could handle the snakes
What was measured a second time after the experiment?
Fear and coping perception
What were the results of the Rotter study in relation to fear and coping perceptions?
The second fear scores were significantly lower and the coping perception scores were significantly higher
Does desensitisation work?
Yes
How does the experiment support the concept of self efficacy?
The activities led to a change in perception
How is self efficacy a cognitive concept?
The perception affects behaviour
How is self efficacy a behavioural concept?
The perception is learned from past experience (enactive influence)
Desensitisation comes from associating the snake with nothing happening, what is this known as?
Classical conditioning
