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Is it possible to ban unwanted thoughts from consciousness? According to the literature on thought suppression, the answer is no. In the 1980s, Wegner and colleges demonstrated that the average person cannot prevent a trivial thought like that of a polar bear from entering consciousness approximatel...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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BRAT series in clinical psychology
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080447148 |
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Is it possible to ban unwanted thoughts from consciousness? According to the literature on thought suppression, the answer is no. In the 1980s, Wegner and colleges demonstrated that the average person cannot prevent a trivial thought like that of a polar bear from entering consciousness approximately seven times in a five minute period. This experimental finding was followed by a substantial number of replications. This book provides an up-to-date overview of the thought suppression literature. First, similarities and differences between suppression, repression, and dissociation are discusse |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780080447148 0080447147 0080461182 9780080461182 |
| Index Number: | RC533 |
| CLC: | R749.99 |
| Contents: | Preface. Introduction. The Thought Suppression Paradigm. Suppression, Repression, and Dissociation. -- Measuring Intrusions and Suppression. Possible Research Artefacts. Individual Differences and Successful Suppression. Thought Suppression and Obsession. Thought Suppression and Trauma. Thought Suppression and Miscellaneous Targets. Conclusion. -- References. Author Index. Subject Index. |