Proponents of recovered memories argue that they are memories of traumatic events that have been repressed. Opponents of recovered memories argue that they are instead
A) false memories of events that never happened.
B) memories of everyday events that were simply forgotten.
C) memories of past lives.
D) memories that were never really repressed in the first place.
Answer: A
Rationale: Many psychologists who are very skeptical that repression occurs at all and assert that any so-called recovered memory is actually a false memory. This perspective argues that the techniques that might help "recover" a memory bear a striking resemblance to those that are used to create false memories in laboratory research.
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