The Very Existence of Some Claims of Recovered Memories from Very

question 197

Multiple Choice

The very existence of some claims of recovered memories from very early years is suspect because

• A) the primacy effect would make early memories difficult to forget.
• B) hypnosis is the only sure way to recover these memories, and it is not effective on early memories.
• C) few episodic memories from the early years of life can be recalled.
• D) repressed memories are very difficult to form.

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