AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

HOW WE LEARN AND CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Motivated forgetting is another name for
A
repression
B
regression
C
retrograde interference
D
anter0grade amnesia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Motivated forgetting is what Freud referred to as repressing memories. According to Freud, there are times when an event or an action is so painful that we can’t deal with the memory of it, so we repress the memory completely.

Detailed explanation-2: -Third is neglected retrieval of threatening feedback, Freud’s (1915/2001) notion of repression, which is also called motivated forgetting, suppression, and denial, among other titles.

Detailed explanation-3: -When a person forgets about a recollection or concept, it is called repression since the person is unaware that they have forgotten about it. Conversely, suppression is the intentional and willful erasure of an experience from one’s consciousness.

Detailed explanation-4: -Repression is an unconscious forgetting that the individual does not know that memory or thought exists. In contrast, suppression is a deliberate and purposeful pushing away thoughts, memories, or feelings out of conscious awareness.

Detailed explanation-5: -An example of repression would include a child who is abused by a parent, who later has no recollection of the events, but has trouble forming relationships. Freud suggested psychoanalysis as a treatment method for repressed memories.

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