Psychologists have offered different types of explanations for the potential differences between memory for traumatic events and memory for more mundane events. Which type of explanation is most amenable to scientific assessment?
A) Psychodynamic explanations based on repression and dissociation are less amenable to scientific investigation than are biological explanations.
B) Psychodynamic explanations based on repression and dissociation are more amenable to scientific investigation than are biological explanations.
C) Neither psychodynamic nor biological explanations are well-suited to scientific testing.
D) Both psychodynamic and biological explanations are well-suited to scientific testing.

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Biological explanations for memory differences can be more directly tested and observed through empirical methods, such as neuroimaging and physiological measurements, making them more amenable to scientific assessment compared to psychodynamic explanations, which are often based on theoretical constructs that are harder to measure directly.

Psychologists Have Offered Different Types of Explanations for the Potential