Discussion:
Does Visualizing Success Enhance Performance in Sports?
Much attention was given to mental imagery in athletics (particularly tennis) in the 1960s and 1970s under the heading of visualization as a way to improve personal performance. The idea was to practice specific physical actions and to visualize them being successfully completed without actually doing them.
1. Scholarly references should include in addition to [Friedenberg, Jay., & Silverman, Gordon. (2006). Cognitive science: An introduction to the study of mind. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.]
2. Write in Third Person Scholarly writing: No quotes from Authors. Let your voice be heard and not reporting lecture back to me. Academic critical writing only. In text, citation and sources needed.
3. Please expand your discussion and highlight other important theorists and theories where needed.
4. Introduction, and conclusion SHOULD be comprehensive and to include more main ideas and thoughts.
Write a discussion on whether this practice of visualizing successful completion of physical activities is "pop psychology" and mysticism or whether the practice has research-supported underpinnings.
Using current researches, make recommendations for improving the technique, or argue that it is now obsolete.