The technological age Flashcards
What is virtual reality exposure therapy used to treat?
Social disorders, phobias and PTSD
Do patients with VRET perform better on beheavioural assessments at post-treatment and follow-up
Yes
Does VRET deliver worse, better or similar results to conventional therapies on behavioural measures
Similar
In Serrano et al. (2016) was VR Mood-Induction successful in creating a sense of relaxation and presence
Yes
In Serrano et al. (2016) was VR Mood-Induction did stimulation of the senses of touch or smell improve the efficacy of the treatment
No
What is the Proteus Effect?
People infer the expected behaviors and attitudes from observing avatars appearance
According to Yee & Bailenson (2007), do participants with attractive avatars walked closer and disclose more information to strangers?
Yes
According to Yee & Bailenson (2007), do participants with unattractive avatars walked closer and disclose more information to strangers?
No
According to Yee & Bailenson (2007), do participants with taller or shorter avatars negotiate more aggressively when deciding how to split a pool of money
Taller
Does avatar height and attractiveness predict performance in online games
Yes
Can people identify with avatars that do not accurately reflect their own appearance
Yes
Can embodying different avatars help reduce anxiety
Yes
What is a strength of being in an online support group
Heightened empowerement
What is a strength of anonymits in being in an online support group
Potential for self-disclosure and honesty
What are three weaknesses of online support groups?
Lack of real world cue
Impersonal
Misinformation
What is a benefit of self-management
Improves quality of life
What is a benefit of self-monitoring
Better selection of treatments based on individual responses
What is a weakness of self-monitoring
Detachment
Are there any weaknesses to self-management
No
What is a strength of decision aids
Informs alternative choices
What is a weakness of decision aids
May fail to identify needs and requirements of individual
Does internet use make people feel more competent and confident about their health decisions
Yes
Do personal health records help to reduce medical mistakes
Yes
What is TALI Detect
Tablet technology to assist children with developmental disabilities in attention training
What are the three core aspects of attention
Attentional control
Suspended attention
Selective attention
A game with an elephant trunk going in different directions and a child must click on the snack going in the same direction is a what test
Flanker test
Does attentional control relate to adapting and handling changing rules in a game
Yes
Is selective attention related to focus
Yes
In TALI Direct, is a game that asks you to wait for a chest to open then click a penny when it stops moving testing suspended attention or selective attention
Suspended (tests ability to focus)
In TALI Direct, is a game that asks you to click an elephant when he goes to his own bed and not other beds testing attention control
Yes
Is attentional control related to inhibition
Yes
In TALI Direct, a game where you need to select a particular type of fish from different fishes a test of suspended or selective attention
Selective attention
A test that bombards you with information that you must sort through is testing attentional control, selective attention or suspended attention
Selective attention
True or false: Attentional control is to inhibition as selective attention is to discrimination as suspended attention is to patientce
True
Does mood mission involve gamification
Yes
Would an app like mood mission be useful for a person who was subclinical and not receiving treatment
Yes
Does mood mission help people where a strategy isnt working for them
Yes
Does an app like mood mission tailor itself to the individual
Yes
Does e-couch deal with depression, anxiety, relationship breakdown, loss and grief
Yes
If a person was feeling stressed, anxious or depressed and wanted to improve their resilience and well-being what e-intervention would you recommend
myCompass
What e-intervention provides a broad range of programs
OnTrack
Does MoodGym deal with prevention and management of depression in young people
Yes
What program deals with preventing anxiety in children and their parents
Cool kids
What program deals with early intervention of anxiety in children and teens
Brave
Does Moodmisison use machine learning to tailor recommendations
Yes
Does Moodmission nudge people to professional support when it detects clinical levels of symptoms
Yes