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would it be a good idea for airline companies to offer treatment for fear of flying
what are the four a01 points for fear of flying
fear of flyining is known as airophobia and is catagorised as the persistant fear of airoplanes, avoiding flying that may intefer significantly with individuals personal life
- 2-5% of population have airophobia
- companies offer their own programms to help reduce fear of flying
e.g manchester airport offers a free therapy session with psychologist in terminal one
- it is a good idea for airlines to provide treatment for airophobia as it is ecenomicaly beneficial as more people will wan to fly, it also reduces emotional distress of individual and has a pro-social impact as allows customer to have a better flight experinance so the company gets a good reputation
what are the four ao3 points for fear of flying
- accourding to learning theory phobias are learnt and so cannot be unlearnt
- systematic desnsitisation is used to treat those with airophobia as it works on the principles of counter conditioning. sd classicaly conitions people with airophobia to associate flying with deep relaxation tequniches
- airline companies e.g virgin and easy get are providing online courses that focus on principles of counter conditioning and pairing the cs and cr of plane and fear with the ucs of deep breathing to produce a cr of relaxation
- capafons found that when he gave 20 pp 2x 1hr sessions of sd for 8 weeks their was a significantly lower fear of flying that control group
t/f it is a good idea for ailine companies to offer treatment as it is proven to ecrease fearof lfying wich is ec onomicaly benefical as more people will take flights - virtual reality exposure therapy offers an alternative treatment for those with airophobia. this is cheaper and more practical where pp are place in vitual plane and can practise deep relaxation techniques to prevent fear response
