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Automaticity

automatic processing:

controlled processing:

a process can be come automatic through extensive practice:

Consciousness

Consciousness and Cognition

 

Automaticity and Thought Suppression

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Don�t think of a white bear.

In the next five minutes, please verbalize your thoughts as you did before, with one exception. This time, try not to think of a white bear. Every time you say �white bear� or have �white bear� come to mind, though, please ring the bell on the table before you.

Results:

Theoretical Conclusions:

Practical Applicatons:

 

Subliminal Perception

Vokey and Read (1985)

indicated that they had not analyzed the meaning of backward speech and little if any information is analyzed and stored in a way that it can be explicitly recalled or recognized

Murphy and Zajonc (1993)

Results:

Conclusions:

General Conclusions about Consciousness