Question

In trying not to think of a black spider, you may find yourself thinking of black spiders. A proposed explanation for this is called:_______

a. thought expression
b. the ironic process of mental control
c. thought suppression
d. the reverse process of mental control.

Answer 1

b. the ironic process of mental control

Step-by-step explanation:

The ironic process of mental control is a psychological process that explains why an individual's attempt to forget about something or suppress a thought, actually result rebounds or results in actually having more thoughts about it. This happens when the monitoring process overrides the operating process. Instead of the individual forgetting about the thing, the individual ends up having more thoughts about it.