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the unit of behavior as possible, and (c) comes from a
neutral course, thereby making it less distorted than
feedback characteristic of individual relationships.
Stoller maintained that videotape feedback facilitates the
change process in a patient by helping develop what he
called a "reflective role-taking attitude" which involves
role-taking toward oneself. He believed that change occurs
after an individual can visualize and conceptualize the
difference between what he or she intends to present to
others and what is actually presented.
Berger, Sherman, Spalding, and Westlake (1968) have
reported on the use of videotape with therapy groups in
a community mental health service. They, like Stoller,
contended that videotape confrontation gives the patient
an opportunity to experience others more objectively—
particularly the therapist—thereby reducing transferential
distortion. Berger (1971) saw the effects of videotape
confrontation in groups as leading to awareness of patholog-
ical or self-defeating interaction and styles of relating.
Videotape has also been used to enhance the thera-
peutic value of psychodrama. Goldfield and Levy (1968)
believed videotape enhances psychodrama in that it cap-
tures spontaneity, it helps the actor become aware of the
inter-role patterns which occur, and it has therapeutic
value for the people in the audience in that it aids them
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Thompson, Ron Allan. Effects of Videotape Playback on Causal Attribution in Distressed Couples, dissertation, May 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330670/m1/24/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .