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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | BRAT series in clinical psychology.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798137706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- front cover; copyright; table of contents; front matter; Preface; Introduction; body; 1. The Thought Suppression Paradigm; 2. Suppression, Repression, and Dissociation; 3. Measuring Intrusions and Suppression; 4. Possible Research Artefacts; 5. Individual Differences and Successful Suppression; 6. Thought Suppression and Obsession; 7. Thought Suppression and Trauma; 8. Thought Suppression and Miscellaneous Targets; 9. Conclusion; back matter; References; index; Author index; Subject index
