ABSTRACT
The stimuli are magazine pictures. Therapists intentionally select photographs that are culturally homogeneous with their client population. Stimuli are presented in a somewhat casual way to diminish the client's self-conscious efforts and fear of being tested, and to allow greater freedom of expression for the individual. The most effective stimuli preparation requires a collection of magazine photographs that are divided into two categories: one of people, and the other of miscellaneous items. Magazine pictures are placed into two different boxes, one that is labeled people and the other miscellaneous items or things. Some therapists may wish to include portraits with eyes or ears that have been cut away. Magazines such as Life, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, Money, and Business Week, have pictures of minority group people under various conditions. The miscellaneous items collection should contain a large variety of photographs.
