The Fact That We Are Unaware of Most of Our

question 36

Multiple Choice

The fact that we are unaware of most of our mental processing is a good thing for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that

• A) the inferred processes that we are consciously aware of accurately reflect the unconscious processes that occur behind the scenes.
• B) awareness of all of our processing would send us into information overload.
• C) in many cases, information about our underlying mental processes would be distracting rather than helpful.
• D) most tasks would be greatly slowed if we had to sort through all of the underlying processing information.

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