To Help Resolve the Controversy Over Reports of Repressed Memories

question 6

Multiple Choice

To help resolve the controversy over reports of repressed memories of sexual abuse,major psychological and psychiatric associations suggest that

• A) all our experiences are preserved somewhere in our minds.
• B) the more stressful an experience is,the more quickly it will be consciously forgotten.
• C) repression is the most common mechanism underlying the failure to recall early childhood abuse.
• D) adult memories of experiences happening before age 4 are unreliable.

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