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, 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 phenomenon is referred to as ironic process or the white bear problem, where the more we try to suppress a thought or behavior, the more likely it is to surface in our minds.

Hilda Is on a Low Carbohydrate Diet, Which Restricts Her