Power of Mental Imagery

Power of Mental Imagery, by
Warren Hilton

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Title: Power of Mental Imagery Being the Fifth of a Series of Twelve
Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of
Personal and Business Efficiency
Author: Warren Hilton
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Applied Psychology
POWER OF MENTAL IMAGERY
Being the Fifth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of
Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency
BY
WARREN HILTON, A.B., L.L.B.
FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LITERARY DIGEST
FOR The Society of Applied Psychology NEW YORK AND
LONDON 1920
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COPYRIGHT 1914 BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESS SAN
FRANCISCO
(Printed in the United States of America)
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CONTENTS
Chapter
I.
IMAGINATION AND RECOGNITION Page
RECOGNIZING THE PAST AS PAST 3 IMAGINATION, PAST,

PRESENT AND FUTURE 5
II. KINDS OF MENTAL IMAGES
VISUAL IMAGERY 9 AUDITORY IMAGERY 11 IMAGERY OF
TASTE AND SMELL 12 MUSCULAR AND TACTUAL IMAGERY
13 PERSONAL DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL IMAGERY 14
INVESTIGATIONS OF DOCTOR GALTON 15 INVESTIGATIONS
OF PROFESSOR JAMES 16 INVESTIGATIONS OF PROFESSOR
SCOTT 21
III. HOW TO INFLUENCE OTHERS THROUGH MENTAL
IMAGERY
A RULE FOR INFLUENCING OTHERS 31 APPLICATION TO
PEDAGOGY 32 HOW TO SELL GOODS BY MENTAL IMAGERY
33 A STUDY OF ADVERTISEMENTS 34 THE WORDS THAT
CREATE DESIRE 35 A KEY FOR SELECTING A CALLING 36
IV. HOW TO TEST YOUR MENTAL IMAGERY
FINDING OUT YOUR WEAK POINTS 39 TESTS FOR VISUAL
IMAGERY 40 TESTS FOR AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY
IMAGERY 42 TESTS FOR IMAGERY OF TASTE AND TOUCH 43
TESTS FOR IMAGERY OF HEAT AND COLD 44 HOW TO
CULTIVATE MENTAL IMAGERY 45
V. THE CREATIVE IMAGINATION
THE PROCESS OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION 49 BUSINESS
AND FINANCIAL IMAGINATION 50 HOW WEALTH IS
CREATED 51 THE KLAMATH PHILOSOPHY 52 HOW MEN GET
THINGS 53 PREREQUISITES TO ACHIEVEMENT 54 HOW TO
TAKE RADICAL STEPS IN BUSINESS 55 THE EXPANSION OF
BUSINESS IDEALS 57 RISING TO THE EMERGENCY 58 THE
CONSTRUCTIVE IMAGINATION 59 LITTLE TASKS AND BIG
TASKS 60 WORKING UP A DEPARTMENT 61 IMAGINATION IN
HANDLING EMPLOYEES 62 HOW TO TEST AN EMPLOYEE'S

IMAGINATION 63 IMAGINATION IN BUSINESS GENERALLY
64 IMAGINATION AND ACTION 65

IMAGINATION AND RECOGNITION

[Illustration]
CHAPTER I
IMAGINATION AND RECOGNITION
[Sidenote: Recognizing the Past as Past]
In the preceding volume of this Course, entitled "The Trained
Memory," you learned that the memory process involves four elements,
Retention, Recall, Recognition and Imagination; and the scope and
operation of two of these elements, Retention and Recall, were
explained to you.
There remain Recognition and Imagination, which we shall make the
subject of this book. We shall treat of them, however, not only as parts
of the memory process, but also as distinct operations, with an
individual significance and value.
Both Recognition and Imagination have to do with mental images.
Recognition relates exclusively to those mental images that are the
replica of former experiences. It is the faculty of the mind by which we
recognize remembered experiences as a part of our own past. If it were
not for this sense of familiarity and of ownership and of the past tense
of recalled mental images, there would be no way for us to distinguish
the sense-perceptions of the past from those of the present.
Recognition is therefore an element of vital necessity to every act of
memory.

[Sidenote: Imagination, Past, Present and Future]
Imagination relates either to the past, the present or the future. On the
one hand, it is the outright re-imagery in the mind's eye of past
experiences. On the other hand, it is the creation of new and original
mental images or visions by the recombination of old experiential
elements.
[Illustration: Girls--
You'll want to have it taste just right, especially if it's for "him," so be
careful of the directions: Make a paste, using a tablespoonful of
Anderson's Chocolate
--to a cup of boiling milk--stir for a moment--then serve this delightful
beverage. Watch his eyes sparkle--note the satisfaction in every
sip--hear him murmur "You're a dear."
THIS ADVERTISEMENT COMBINES DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN
A SKILFUL APPEAL TO THE SENSES. SEE TEXT, PAGE 34]

KINDS OF MENTAL IMAGES

[Illustration]
CHAPTER II
KINDS OF