Hilda is on a low carbohydrate diet, which restricts her from eating foods such as white bread, potato chips, and pretzels. The more Hilda thinks about the fact that she cannot eat such foods, the more desperately she craves 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 is referred to as an "ironic process" in social psychology, where the more a person tries to suppress certain thoughts or desires, the more those thoughts or desires become prominent.

Hilda Is on a Low Carbohydrate Diet, Which Restricts Her