Psychologists on Both Sides of the Controversy Regarding Reports of Repressed

question 33

Multiple Choice

Psychologists on both sides of the controversy regarding reports of repressed and recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse agree that

• A)repression is the most common mechanism underlying the failure to recall early childhood sexual abuse.
• B)we commonly recover memories of long-ago negative as well as positive events.
• C)the more stressful an experience is,the more quickly it will be consciously forgotten.
• D)professional therapists can reliably distinguish between their clients' true and false childhood memories.

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