Roseanne Claims That She Can Remember Instances of Childhood Abuse

Multiple Choice

Roseanne claims that she can remember instances of childhood abuse that started at 6 months of age.Why are most psychologists likely to be skeptical of this and other such claims?

A) because decay leads to almost immediate forgetting of newly learned information.
B) because infantile amnesia makes it unlikely that these are true memories from that age
C) because children do not tell the truth
D) because repression inhibits the conscious recognition of traumatic events such as childhood sexual abuse