Mrs.McBride can't consciously recall how frequently she criticizes her children because it would be too anxiety-arousing to do so.Sigmund Freud would have suggested that her poor memory illustrates
A) source amnesia.
B) proactive interference.
C) automatic processing.
D) repression.

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According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, repression is the process of pushing distressing or unacceptable thoughts or memories out of the conscious mind and into the unconscious mind in order to protect oneself from anxiety or psychological pain. In this scenario, Mrs. McBride's inability to remember how frequently she criticizes her children suggests that these memories may be repressed due to the anxiety and discomfort they may cause.

MrsMcBride Can't Consciously Recall How Frequently She Criticizes Her Children