Flooding Flashcards
How does flooding help treat phobias?
Patients are psychically or mentally (implosion) put into a situation with their feared object from a prolonged period of time where escape is not possible where the fear will eventually disappear because your body cannot stay in a heightened state forever so it becomes exhausted, relaxation techniques (e.g. deep muscle relaxation)
What is a strength of flooding when compared to systematic desensitisation?
Quicker treatment as it goes straight to the feared object making it more accessible for a larger number of people because it is more effective
What is a weakness of flooding ethically?
Causes a lot of distress when confronting their feared object without an escape so it is not an ethical treatment
How does Wolpe support flooding as a treatment for phobias?
Found that flooding successfully cured a girl of her phobia of travelling in cars so it is a successful therapy which can be used to effectively treat phobias
How does Foa conflict flooding as a treatment for phobias?
High drop out rate of 20% so it is not an effective therapy as people stop doing the treatment so they are not cured
How does Kneebone support flooding as a treatment for phobias?
Found one session of flooding was effective in reducing phobia of foot touching in a case study of a child with down syndrome so it is a successful therapy which can be used effectively to treat phobias
How does Bartlett conflict flooding as a treatment for phobias?
Girl who used implosion to get rid of her fear of snakes backfired as she could not close her eyes without witnessing snakes and got insomnia so it is not an effective treatment as it may increase the phobia rather than decrease
