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Motivated Forgetting
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- 1Levinger and ClarkeParticipant learned lists of neutral words and emotionally negative words, an associated word was provided for each and they had to recall the word that went with the cue word
Fewer associated words were recalled for the emotionally negative words
The difficulty recalling these words was taken as an indication of repression - 2WilliamsWomens recall of incidents of child abuse
38% of the women failed to report the abuse even though records show it happened between the ages of 10 months and 12 years old
Some failed to recall the events because they have been repressed, the woman may have been embarrassed or too young to remember the events - 3Dissociative AmnesiaFailure to recall specific unpleasant or traumatic events
- 4Groome and SouretiInvestigate the link between traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder
Interviewed children 5 months after the Athens earthquake
PTSD symptoms were found to be significantly associated with closeness to the epicenter
The children with the most frightening experiences were more likely to suffer from anxiety related issues, maybe because they had repressed their experiences - 5EvaluationTheory cannot be easily tested
Word association tasks are not realistic
Williams results may have been other factors
Findings are difficult to generalise
People do recall unpleasant events
Having anxiety isnt necessarily a sign of repression
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- A-Levels Psychology (PSYB2 - Memory) Flashcards on Motivated Forgetting, created by Adam O'Rourke on 31/05/2013.
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