Some discussion about what we all usually try to do when thoughts are unpleasant (namely, try to get rid of them) is done at the end of the previous experiment. Then, an activity called The Panda Bear, is used to illustrate the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of this approach. Students are guided to visualize an image and then asked to try to block it out. There are also scripts for alternative images like the Polar Bear or the Pizza included in the manual.

Among researchers, the view that thought suppression does not work as a strategy for controlling one’s mind is generally accepted. If anything, suppression makes unwanted intrusive thoughts more frequent and potentially more powerful.

From a teaching perspective, All L2B activities elicit student involvement through the use of guided discovery. Therefore these and all of the activities introduced in these segments should primarily involve student activity. In general, teachers should avoid a top-down didactic style of teaching.