Healing Images: A Historical Outline of their Use in Western Medical and Psychotherapeutic Traditions

The ancient literature of numerous cultures abounds with accounts of spectacular cures resulting from the imaging process. These accounts are now being corroborated by a growing body of clinical and experimental evidence. The effectiveness of mental imagery in the treatment of a wide variety of problems has been convincingly documented (Sheikh, 1983). This paper outlines the use of imagery in Western medical as well as psychotherapeutic traditions. It concludes with a discussion of the reasons that make imagery an excellent healing agent

Response Speed as a Function of Different Reinforcement Conditions and a Ready Signal

80 preschool children were each administered 40 trials on a key-pressing apparatus. Marbles served as reinforcers. So given a ready signal performed faster than So not given a ready signal. There was no difference in the mean speeds of the partial reinforcement and the varied delay groups, but both of them performed faster than the constant delay group. The continuously and immediately rewarded group performed faster than the other three groups. The effect of a particular reward condition manifested itself on the immediately following trials. Interpretation in terms of competing responses was offered

Use of Mental Imagery in Psychotherapy: A Critical Review

The paper presents arguments in favor of the use of mental imagery for therapeutic purposes. Several existing imagery approaches to psychotherapy are critically examined and suggestions for future inquiry are offered. The intimate relation between imagery and the affective-somatic processes is stressed

Recall of Group Tasks as a Function of Group Cohesiveness and Interruption of Tasks

The paper demonstrates that the motivational concepts underlying the Zeigarnik effect pertaining to individuals attempting to achieve their personal goals can be applied to individuals who are working to attain the group goals. However, this is true only for individuals in cohesive groups as opposed to noncohesive groups

Race as a Dimension in Children\u27s TV Advertising: The Need for More Research

Most of the current research in the area of television advertising to children deal entirely with white populations. This exclusion of black subjects exists in spite of an abundance of research in education, sociology and psychology which suggests differences in the socialization of black and white children. The present article reviews major studies of television and children and black versus white child development. The authors conclude with several suggestions for further research