A baseball pitcher knows that a batter often hits home runs when the pitch is on the inner half of the strike zone. The pitcher consciously tries to pitch to the outer half but, while distracted by a base runner, throws to the inner half and the batter hits a home run. Pitching to the inner half of the strike zone BEST illustrates:
A) thought suppression.
B) ironic processes of mental control.
C) the Freudian unconscious.
D) self-consciousness.
B) ironic processes of mental control.
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