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Patricia Is a Defense Attorney

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Patricia is a defense attorney. Her job requires her to confront witnesses about the limits of their memory capabilities. In addition, as a defense attorney Patricia is motivated to make the witnesses "slip-up" or even distort their memories of the events her client is being accused of.
-During a trial,Patricia cross-examines an expert on repressed memories.According to your textbook,which fact about repressed memories will surprise Patricia


A) Psychologists largely accept recovered memories of abuse at face value.
B) There is not enough evidence suggesting that is common for people to bury unpleasant memories in their unconscious.
C) Sexual child abuse is not that common and only 5% of girls and 2% of boys experience it.
D) More than 50% of people who have experienced childhood sexual abuse report complete amnesia of the incident.

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