According to terror management theory, death is a negative force that we cope with primarily by denying that it will ever come to us

Elizabeth Loftus managed to implant memories of being lost in a mall in a group of adults. What is the problem with choosing being lost in the mall as a scenario for implanting false memories?

a) Most people have been lost in a mall at some point in their lives so the implanted memory might be an actual memory. b) It is such a common scenario that it was impossible to implant in people's minds. c) Being lost in a mall is not a plausible scenario for too many people to make the study reliable. d) Being lost in the mall does not provoke anxiety so it is not a good substitute for more traumatic scenarios such as sexual abuse.

Critics of repression as a mechanism of forgetting argue that:

a. an individual can be forced into forgetting. b. physical symptoms may be linked to forgetting. c. people pick and choose what they want to remember. d. in real life, the problem is usually that people cannot forget traumatic experiences.