According to Freud, Infantile Amnesia Is a Loss of Memories

question 2

Multiple Choice

According to Freud, infantile amnesia is a loss of memories due to what?

• A) forgetting
• B) repression
• C) facts of infancy
• D) culturally based sexual control

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Intervening Variable

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