Flooding

Question 1

+ Wolpe

Answer 1

Wolpe found that when he continued to drive around a girl who was afraid of cars, she moved from being hysterical to being calm - suggests research evidence backs up flooding as an effective phobia treatment, validating the treatment

Question 2

+ Very quick

Answer 2

The treatment can be a very quick way of eradicating a fear - suggests that patients are more likely to comply with the treatment as it does not take long, validating the treatment

Question 3

• Success rates

Answer 3

Success rates for flooding tend to be lower in general than those for other types of therapy - suggests flooding does not work in 100% of cases, and therefore likely should not be recommended over other more effective methods, reducing its validity as a treatment

Question 4

• Ethics

Answer 4

There are issues surrounding the ethics of the treatment - suggests the treatment can cause severe distress in many patients and therefore likely should not be recommended to them