General Studies · Personality Theories
Sigmund Freud used the term 'repression' to refer to which psychological phenomenon?
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- 1The cognitive filtering of sensory overload
- 2The complete inability to retrieve childhood memories
- 3Normal decay of memories over time due to disuse
- 4Defensive amnesia (unconsciously pushing painful thoughts out of awareness)✓
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Defensive amnesia (unconsciously pushing painful thoughts out of awareness)
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