Flashcards in G543 - Self-efficacy - Bandura Deck (15)
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What was the aim of bandura's study?
To assess the self-efficacy of patients engaging in systematic desensitisation for snake phobias.
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What was the type of experiment used?
Quasi-experiment
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Who were the participants?
10 snake phobic patients. 9 female and 1 male aged 19-57 years.
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What did the participants reply to?
An advertisement
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What did bandura measure at the start of the study?
The participants' level of fear and also their perception of how well they could cope.
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What was the first stage of systematic desensitisation?
Participants first looked at pictures of snakes under controlled conditions.
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What was the second stage of systematic desensitisation?
Once the arousal levels had fallen they were put in the same room as the snakes.
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What was recorded again after the desensitisation stage?
The participants' fear and coping perception of the snakes.
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What did the results show about the second fear scores?
They were significantly lower
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What did the results show about the coping perception scores?
They were significantly higher.
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How does the experiment support the concept of self-efficacy?
The activities led to a change in perception.
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What does the activities leading to a change in perception show about self-efficacy?
It's both a cognitive and behavioural concept.
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Why is self-efficacy a cognitive concept?
Because of the perception that affects the behaviour.
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Why is self-efficacy a behavioural concept?
Because the perception is learned from past experiences (enactive influences)
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