In the 1990s,the Large Increase in the Number of Adults

question 441

Multiple Choice

In the 1990s,the large increase in the number of adults reporting recovered decades-old memories of childhood sexual abuse probably was the result of:

• A)memory misattribution produced by the prevalence of graphic sexuality shown on television.
• B)egocentric bias.
• C)the prevalence of psychoactive drugs and the permissive sexual culture in the 1960s,when these same individuals were children.
• D)suggestive techniques used by psychotherapists.

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