PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 33: American Psychologist, Systematic Desensitization
17 May 2016
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Original author(s): smith, m. l. , & glass, g. v. Original place of publication: american psychologist: questions addressed in original study: (list the 2 5 most important questions addressed in the original study) Do different psychotherapy techniques result in different outcomes: findings of original study: (list the 2 5 most important findings of the original study) The average client receiving therapy was better off than 75% of the untreated controls. The therapies represented by the available outcome calculations moved the average client from the 50th percentile to the 75th percentile. Only 99 (12%) of the 833 effect sizes were negative (meaning the client was worse off than before therapy). There are many types of therapies such as: behavioral, systematic desensitization, humanistic therapies, cognitive therapies, and psychodynamic therapies. Once all the types of therapies and their results were compared, it was reported that every type of therapy resulted in the same outcomes. Therapy, in general, is more effective than no treatment at all.
