Philippe has just completed medical school.In reflecting on his years of formal education,he is able to recall the names of all his instructors except the fifth-grade teacher who flunked him.According to Freud,his forgetting illustrates
A) repression.
B) proactive interference.
C) retroactive interference.
D) the misinformation effect.

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Freud would argue that Philippe's inability to recall his fifth-grade teacher's name is due to repression, which is the unconscious blocking of painful memories, thoughts, or feelings. In this case, Philippe may have repressed the memory of his fifth-grade teacher because of the negative experience of failing. Proactive interference and retroactive interference may impact memory recall, but they refer to difficulties in remembering information due to either previous or subsequent learning. The misinformation effect involves the incorporation of misleading information into one's memory of an event.

Philippe Has Just Completed Medical School