2.7: Visualise doing

• ask them to write their action plan and then to visualise themselves performing  the action in context (Holland, 2006; Adriaanse, 2018)
• mentally binding actions to anticipated contexts (Webb & Sheeran 2007)

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•  Visualising – it is best if the person writes their own action plan and then visualises themselves dong it (Holland, 2006) –  a study by Holland I found back in 2006  was useful (recycling waste paper in office –when recycling was not common– tested 5 variations but worked best when they included mental imagery of doing the task.   This study was developed with Aarts – one of the early habit theorists and Visualisation is still considered today as a very useful technique for habit formation
• Visualising acts as an additional way of mentally binding actions to specific contexts (Webb & Sheeran 2007)
• Visualisation and mental imagery is not new to the world of elite sports.  (sam kerr Matilda’s )
  – its kind of like using mental imagery as ‘a rehearsal’ (Knauper 2011 in Adriaanse )