Each of the Following Is True of Recovered Memories Except

question 169

Multiple Choice

Each of the following is true of recovered memories except ________.

• A) overzealous therapists may unwittingly create false memories by leading patients to vividly imagine incidents that never happened
• B) there is no evidence that any of them are memories of actual events
• C) people who have "recovered" memories of abuse have sometimes later realized that the events never occurred
• D) psychotherapists may shape people's recollections of early childhood memories

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