When People Do Not Want to Think About a Particularly

question 62

Multiple Choice

When people do not want to think about a particularly stressful situation,what is the best thing for them to do?

• A) suppress thoughts of the stressful situation
• B) rely on the rebound effect to keep the thought out of conscious awareness
• C) think about the situation intensely for a few minutes to make it easier to subsequently avoid thinking about it
• D) distract themselves by thinking about something else

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