One Complication That Arises in Diagnosing Amnesias Is the Possibility

question 37

Multiple Choice

One complication that arises in diagnosing amnesias is the possibility that:

• A) amnesias are being faked by people to escape punishment for crimes committed.
• B) amnesias may be the result of using dissociation as a defense against intolerable memories or stressors.
• C) amnesia may occur because individuals are in such a high state of arousal during the events that they do not encode and store information.
• D) people may forget some, but not all, events which may therefore lead to an inconclusive diagnosis.

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