Hilda is on a low carbohydrate diet, which restricts her from eating foods such as white bread, potato chips, and porridge.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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This pattern of craving foods that one is trying to avoid due to a diet restriction is known as the ironic process. The more one tries to suppress thoughts about the restricted foods, the more likely they are to surface in conscious awareness, leading to increased craving and desire for them.

Hilda Is on a Low Carbohydrate Diet, Which Restricts Her