The role of visual imagery in desensitization

Davis, Daniel Cochece; McLemore, Clinton W.; London, Perry

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(70)90028-8

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“…It has been suggested that it might be better to speak of low-imagers rather than nonimagers (McKellar, 1973) due to the fact that it is often harder to find nonimagers than imagers. In support of this, Davis, McLemore, and London (1970) found some personality differences between good and poor imagers. Future research may…”

Section: Individual Differences In Imagingsupporting

confidence: 63%

Individual differences in imaging behavior: vividness and controllability

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Section: Individual Differences In Imagingsupporting

confidence: 63%

Individual differences in imaging behavior: vividness and controllability

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“…That imaginal exposure is an effective treatment for phobic disorders has been demonstrated many times (e.g. Bandura, Blanchard and Ritter, 1969;Crowder and Thornton, 1970;Davis, McLemore and London, 1970). Comparisons of imaginal and in vivo exposure have found either in vivo exposure superior or have attributed the lack of difference between the two procedures to both groups being given self-exposure homework instructions between treatment sessions.…”

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The Treatment of a Snake Phobia by Imaginal Exposure

Richards

1988

Behav. Cogn. Psychother.

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A severe phobia of snakes was treated by exposure in imagination, no in vivo exposure taking place. Imaginal exposure homework was given with the aid of audio-tapes of the treatment sessions. After treatment, in a behavioural test, the client experienced rapid habituation of anxiety to handling a live snake. The total amount of time taken for the treatment was similar to the time taken in treating other small animal phobics by in vivo exposure alone. It is suggested that for specific phobics the use of imaginal rehearsal prior to in vivo exposure may optimise the conditions under which in vivo exposure takes places and tequire no more of the therapist's time than the usual in vivo methods.

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“…There are persistent suggestions that SD(R) may be superior to SD(1) (e.g., Barlow, Leitenberg, Agras, and Wincze, 1969) and at last some empirical evidence is available that SD may generalize from the laboratory to real-life (e.g., Cotler and Garlington, 1969;Ihli and Garlington, 1969). We may note also an ingenious suggestion of Davis, McLemore, and London (1970) that subjects with high visual imagery may develop phobias on a purely imaginal basis whereas low visual imagers will do so only on the basis of a reallife traumatic experience. If so, then SD(1) may be the most relevant treatment for phobias in high imaging persons whereas SD (R)may be most appropriate for low imaging persons.…”

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Aspects of behaviour therapy 1969–70

Yates

1971

Australian Psychologist

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The final chapter of my book on Behavior Therapy (Yates, 1970) was completed in December 1968, and it was published almost exactly one year later, the review of the literature being reasonably complete up to about October 1968. In the preface I pointed out that work on the book had occupied me from 1964 to 1968 but that the initially slow progress turned out to be a blessing in disguise because of the enormous acceleration in publications in this area which took place after 1966. I pointed out that probably about 300 publications a year, not including books, were appearing on behaviour therapy by 1968.T h e term "SD(1)" will be used to refer to therapy where the feared objects (situations, etc.) are imagined by the subject; the term SD(R) will be used where the feared objects, etc., themselves are presented.

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The role of visual imagery in desensitization

Cited by 33 publications

References 4 publications

Individual differences in imaging behavior: vividness and controllability

Individual differences in imaging behavior: vividness and controllability

The Treatment of a Snake Phobia by Imaginal Exposure

Aspects of behaviour therapy 1969–70

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