Psychologists on both sides of the controversy regarding reports of repressed and recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse agree that
A) repression is the most common mechanism underlying the failure to recall early childhood sexual abuse.
B) when extraordinary means are used to recover a memory,there is the possibility that the recovered memory is false.
C) the more stressful an experience is,the more quickly it will be consciously forgotten.
D) professional therapists can reliably distinguish between their clients' true and false childhood memories.

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Both sides of the controversy agree that the possibility of false memories increases when extraordinary means are used to recover memories. However, there is no agreement on the mechanism underlying the failure to recall childhood sexual abuse (repression or other factors), and there is no consensus on whether therapists can reliably distinguish between true and false memories. The idea that the more stressful an experience is, the more quickly it will be forgotten is not universally accepted and is not directly related to the controversy surrounding repressed and recovered memories.

Psychologists on Both Sides of the Controversy Regarding Reports of Repressed