WorksheetsSaavedra & Silverman Case Study Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 24mins
One aim of the Saavedra and Silverman (Button Phobia) was to
treat a child's phobia via targeting disgust only
treat a child's phobia via targeting fear only
treat a child's phobia through the use of button therapy
treat a child's phobia via targeting both disgust and fear
One aim of the Saavedra and Silverman (Button Phobia) study was to
Investigate children with phobias in a laboratory setting
Investigate the effectiveness of group therapy on a phobia
Investigate the causes of a button phobia in a child
Attempt to create a phobia of buttons in a child
Which is not true of case studies such as the one used in the Saav and Silverman study?
the results are very generalizable to other populations
they can provide much deep and qualitative data
they usually involve studying one participant
they are used to study people with rare disorders
The sampling method in the Saavedra and Silverman study was
opportunity sampling
random sampling
volunteer sampling
free sampling
Which of the following is true of the "Feelings Thermometer"
Included 9 points
Was a scale of disgust
Operationalized the fear of buttons
All other answers are correct
When did the button phobia for the participant begin?
When a teacher scolded him for taking too many buttons
When other students at made fun of the buttons on his coat
In school, buttons from a bowl fell on him causing distress
When he accidentally swallowed a button at a young age
Which of the following was rated the highest by the participant in terms of disgust?
Large denim buttons
Small denim buttons
Large plastic clear buttons
Small plastic clear buttons
Which of the following aroused the lowest level of disgust?
large denim buttons
small denim buttons
large clear plastic buttons
small clear plastic buttons
The therapy that the participant was to receive involved...
gradual increased behavioral exposure to buttons only
both behavioral exposure to buttons and imagery/cognitions
looking into the boy's disgust imagery and cognitions only
all of the above are incorrect
Which of the following is true of the exposure therapy to buttons?
Over time the boy could handle more buttons and anxiety decreased
Over time the boy could handle fewer buttons and anxiety increased
Over time the boy could handle more buttons and anxiety increased
Over time the boy could handle more buttons and anxiety decreased
The imagery sessions involved all of the following except?
Imagining how the buttons looked
Imagining how the buttons felt
Imagining how the buttons smelled
Imagining how the buttons tasted
The distress ratings and severity ratings represent what kind of data
Qualitative
Quantitative
Both Qualitative and Quantitative
Neither Qualitative nor Qualitative
Answers to questions of why the boy found buttons disgusting would be classified as
Qualitative
Quantitative
Neither Quantitative nor Qualitative
Both Quantitative and Qualitative
The Saavedra and Silverman study took place at
Cambridge University
Yale University
Florida International University
University of Florida
The sample in this study is
47 young adults with a phobia of buttons
A 9 year old Hispanic boy
A 12 year old white girl with fear of buttons
3 children aged 9-12
What therapy helped to get rid of the disgust for buttons
Reward therapy
Imagery exposure
Evaluative learning
Behavioural exposure
Which did not happen in the Positive Reinforcement Therapy / Behavioural exposure stage of treatment
Treatment sessions lasted for 30 mins with the boy
A hierarchy of fear was followed during exposure
Subjective ratings were noted about the buttons he feared
He imagined buttons falling on him
The following finding is incorrect
His ratings of distress were decreasing, not increasing during in-vivo exposures to buttons
Subjective ratings of distress increased dramatically from session 2 to session 3 and continued to rise from session 3 to session 4
There was success observed in the number of buttons the boy manipulated
At the post-treatment assessment the boy no longer met DSM-IV criteria for specific phobia of buttons.
The DSM-IV diagnosis concluded that he had which type of abnormality?
Specific Phobia
Agoraphobia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Arachnophobia
Which of the following is not a weakness of the study
Low population validity
Low ecological validity
Low generalisability
Low applicability
