Which of the following statements is true regarding repression?
A)The desire to avoid painful memories motivates repression.
B)Repression is an attempt to remove painful memories from conscious awareness.
C)The concept of heightened memory formation during times of increased stress due to hormone release contradicts the idea of repression.
D)All of these

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A) The desire to avoid painful memories motivates repression.
B) Repression is an attempt to remove painful memories from conscious awareness.
C) The concept of heightened memory formation during times of increased stress due to hormone release contradicts the idea of repression. Both concepts can coexist - stress hormones can enhance memory formation for some events while repression can occur for other painful memories. Therefore, option D is correct.

Which of the Following Statements Is True Regarding Repression