Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of __________.

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Freud's refusal to believe his patients who reported being sexually molested as children is an example of interviewer bias. Freud was biased against believing that sexual abuse had occurred because it conflicted with his theory of the unconscious mind and repressed desires. Therefore, he dismissed the reports as fantasies or untruthful.

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