The Fact That We Are Unaware of Most of Our

question 15

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:

• 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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