Some Therapists Claim That They Can Help Their Clients to Recover

question 202

Multiple Choice

Some therapists claim that they can help their clients to recover long-repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse. Many other psychologists are skeptical of this claim, largely because

• A) just suggesting something may cause people to report a memory of an event that in fact never happened.
• B) research has shown that people can recover painful repressed memories only through the use of hypnosis.
• C) children must be at least eight or nine years old before they can begin to use repression.
• D) the actual prevalence of childhood sexual abuse is known to be far rarer than the results that these therapists report.