Imagine You Are Trying to Lose Weight by Reducing Your

question 93

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are trying to lose weight by reducing your consumption of desserts.To help you avoid the desserts that you love,you try not to think about them.According to work done on thought suppression,if you are ____,you will actually be more likely to think about the desserts.

• A)unmotivated
• B)cognitively "busy" or distracted
• C)much higher than your desired weight
• D)inattentive to your desires

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