Author Question: Which of the following statements regarding recovered memories of child sexual abuse is FALSE? A) ... (Read 71 times)

maychende · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following statements regarding recovered memories of child sexual abuse is FALSE?

A) Numerous studies indicate that false memories of events that never occurred can be created in the research lab.
B) The legitimacy of recovered memories has been supported by several research studies.
C) Repressed memories may be inadvertently planted by overzealous or poorly trained psychotherapists.
D) The mental health community is unanimous in its agreement that memories of such dramatic events as sexual abuse victimization cannot be forgotten.

Question 2

Several studies of adults for whom child sexual abuse as children had been reported and substantiated found that

A) the victims remembered the abuse more accurately as adults than they had as children.
B) a sizable proportion had been amnesic of their abuse for a period of time.
C) almost all remembered the abuse, casting doubt on the recovered memory hypothesis.
D) nearly all victims had repressed their memories of trauma.