Which of the following is the MOST correct statement regarding repressed memories?
A) Most adults who were abused as children have no recollection of the abuse.
B) The best way to get at repressed memories is for the therapist to suggest that such memories exist.
C) It is highly unlikely that false memories will be retrieved because of the inaccuracy of human memory.
D) The perpetrators of abuse are more likely to forget the incidents than are the victims.
D
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a. Slow-wave b. NREM c. Stage 2 d. REM
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A) a hypnotic B) a long-acting benzodiazepine C) an SSRI D) an antipsychotic
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a. throughout their lives. c. in a theoretical way. b. in a practical way. d. in research studies.
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a. most frequently associated with leaving an explanatory note b. highly individual in character c. most often comprehensible in its motivations d. reflective of the single explanation put forward by suicidologists e. consistent with widely-held values in our society