Psychologists on Both Sides of the Controversy Regarding Reports of Repressed

question 385

Multiple Choice

Psychologists on both sides of the controversy regarding reports of repressed and recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse agree that

• A) repression is the most common mechanism underlying the failure to recall early childhood sexual abuse.
• B) when extraordinary means are used to recover a memory,there is the high probability that the recovered memory is false.
• C) the more stressful an experience is,the more quickly it will be consciously forgotten.
• D) professional therapists can reliably distinguish between their clients' true and false childhood memories.

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