The Controversy Surrounding Recovered Memories Is Due to

question 77

Multiple Choice

The controversy surrounding recovered memories is due to

• A) the terrible abusive memories that were recovered through therapy.
• B) the cost to the legal system to try all the cases.
• C) the question of whether some therapists using hypnosis and leading questions might inadvertently create the memories of abuse that they are searching for.
• D) the fact that the statute of limitations had lapsed for these types of crimes.

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

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