Therapist modification of client expressiveness in client-centered therapy.
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D A Wexler
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Levels of feature analysis in processing visual patterns.
In this paper, a revised Pandemonium-like model of visual-feature processing is formulated and a preliminary test of its feasibility is reported. The model differentiates visual-feature processing into a series of hierarchical stages organized by increasing complexity, with the output of each stage going both to the next higher stage, and directly to a more central processor. In the experiment, subjects sorted decks of cards into piles according to the presence or absence of a target stimulus which differed from nontargets in a variety of different features; detection of a feature was sufficient for detection of a target. The data generally supported the revised Pandemonium model, in that targets which differed from nontargets in features thought to be low in the hierarchy were processed faster than targets whose difference was in a high level feature. An extension of the revised model did somewhat less well in predicting the results of sorting for targets in which detection of any one of several features was sufficient for target detection.
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A scale for the measurement of client and therapist expressiveness.
In light of recent theoretical and empirical work that stresses the importance of both the client's and therapist's expressiveness for productive therapeutic process, an ordinal scale was developed and presented to assess levels of client and therapist expressiveness in the ongoing therapy interaction. Scale points were constructed on the basis of face validity and empirical findings with nominal classification systems for client and therapist expressiveness; they were defined in terms of stylistic features of language and voice quality. In addition to presenting reliability data that indicate that the scale can be used with considerable interrater agreement, a number of important questions were posed for future research on the client-therapist interaction.
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