The phrase "ironic effects of mental control" means that
a. we have difficulty on a Stroop task, because we pay attention to meaning, rather than ink color.
b. ironically, we often make more errors on a familiar attention task than we make on an unfamiliar attention task.
c. when we try to avoid a particular thought, it may be even more likely to enter consciousness.
d. we often cannot introspect accurately about the cognitive processes we use in everyday life.
Ans: c
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