According to Freud, the motivated forgetting of distressing external experiences is known as ________.
A)amnesia
B)regression
C)archetyping
D)repression

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Repression is the process by which individuals forget distressing external experiences. Freud believed that people push unacceptable thoughts and memories into their unconscious mind, where they are not directly accessible, through the process of repression. Amnesia refers to the loss of memory, while regression and archetyping are not related to forgetting distressing experiences.

According to Freud, the Motivated Forgetting of Distressing External Experiences