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UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (30.08.2024) Shift-II
Amnesia induced by mental trauma or other frightening events is called:
ASuppression (repression) ✓ Correct
BProactive initiative
CRetroactive initiative
DCondensation
Correct answer: (A) Suppression (repression) — Trauma-induced forgetting is repression, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Trauma-induced forgetting is repression, so that is the answer.
★Repression pushes anxiety-producing thoughts into the unconscious.
★In Freud's theory it defends against conflict-driven anxiety.
★It involves forgetting emotionally painful memories.
★So trauma-induced amnesia is a form of repression.
★Hence suppression or repression is correct.
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