Evaluate Capafons - contemporary
Cards (8)
- AO1volunteer sampling - a media campaign offering free intervention aimed at treating aerophobia - 41 pps randomly assigned to either the treatment group or control group
- AO3unethical as the control group believed they were receiving free therapy but were deceived
- AO1PPs fear of flying was tested using EPAV scales which measured the occurrence of catastrophic thoughts eg engine falling off
- AO3scientific as its an objective measure so produces quantitative data
- AO1concluded that systematic desensitisation is an effective treatment for aerophobia
- AO3can be applied in the real world as there are social and economic benefits ex people can fly to meet family
- AO1strict control over extraneous variables ex the room being 22.5 degrees
- AO3replicable therefore reliable