Thought suppression
Is it possible to ban unwanted thoughts from consciousness? According to the literature on thought suppression, the answer is no. In the 1980's, Wegner and colleges demonstrated that the average person cannot prevent a trivial thought like that of a polar bear from entering consciousness approx...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier
2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | BRAT series in clinical psychology.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798137706719 |
| Summary: | Is it possible to ban unwanted thoughts from consciousness? According to the literature on thought suppression, the answer is no. In the 1980's, 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 discussed. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781280632990 9786610632992 9780080461182 |
