According to the Discussion of the "False Memory Controversy

question 54

Multiple Choice

According to the discussion of the "false memory controversy,"

• A) we have extensive evidence that people repress painful memories and later recover them.
• B) in some cases, therapists have suggested that unpleasant events may have occurred during childhood, and people may mistakenly believe that they actually occurred.
• C) researchers have constructed a checklist to determine whether an individual is telling the truth about an early life event; this checklist has high validity.
• D) the research shows that people seldom make errors; when they say they experienced an event, it is almost certain that they did so.

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