Saavedra

A phobia is a fear that is

• about something life threatening.

• out of proportion to the danger

• easy to overcome.

• only mildly upsetting

The sample in this study is

• 47 young adults with a phobia of buttons

• A 12 year old white girl with fear of buttons

• A 9 year old Hispanic boy

• 72 children aged 9-12

What research method is used in this study?

• Lab experiment

• Case study

• Naturalistic Observation

• Field Experiment

The phobia began when

• The child got hurt by a button on their shirt

• The children were annoyed by the buttons in their uniform

• The child was hurt by someone wearing a lot of buttons

• A bowl of buttons fell on the child

Which did not happen in the Positive Reinforcement Therapy / Behavioural exposure stage of treatmen

• Treatment sessions lasted for 30 mins with the boy

• Subjective ratings were noted about the buttons he feared

• A hierarchy of fear was followed during exposure

• He imagined buttons falling on him

The DSM-IV diagnosis concluded that he had which type of abnormality?

• Specific Phobia

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder

• Agoraphobia

• Arachnophobia

The distress rating for hugging mum when she wears large plastic buttons was...

• 3

• 4

• 7

• 5

The sampling method in the Saavedra and Silverman study was

• opportunity sampling

• volunteer sampling

• random sampling

• free sampling

Which of the following is true of the "Feelings Thermometer"

• Included 9 points

• Operationalized the fear of buttons

• Was a scale of disgust

• All of the above

When did the button phobia for the participant begin?

• When a teacher scolded him for taking too many buttons

• In school, buttons from a bowl fell on him causing distress

• When other students at made fun of the buttons on his coat

• When he accidentally swallowed a button at a young age