Beginning in the 1990s,controversy Arose Regarding the Accuracy of Long-Buried

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Essay

Beginning in the 1990s,controversy arose regarding the accuracy of long-buried memories of sexual abuse.Freud would explain this as an example of a repressed memory that later is brought to conscious awareness.What does the evidence say about repression?

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