Hilda Is on a Low Carbohydrate Diet, Which Restricts Her

question 82

Multiple Choice

Hilda is on a low carbohydrate diet, which restricts her from eating foods such as white bread, potato chips, and pretzels. The more Hilda thinks about the fact that she cannot eat such foods, however, the more desperately she begins to crave them. Social psychologists refer to this kind of pattern as a(n) ____.

• A) oxymoronic attribution
• B) ironic process
• C) false activation
• D) mental paradox

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Definitions:

Bursa

A fluid-filled sac located near joints that reduces friction between moving parts of the body, such as muscles and tendons.

Bursus

Likely a misspelling of "Bursa," which is a small fluid-filled sac located near the joints that reduces friction between moving parts.

Anti-

A prefix meaning “against,” “opposite of,” or “antidote to” (e.g., antibiotic).

Auto-

A prefix meaning self or same, used in various medical and scientific terms to indicate self-origin, such as autoimmune, relating to the immune system attacking the body's own tissues.