I agree! If we remember somthing happy that happened we think it is nice to remember and make nothing more of it; but if we remember something bad then we have recovered a repressed memory? Give me a break!
In all probability both remembered items are somewhat distorted; filtered and reconstructed through our current schemata. Annette Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I have come to suspect based on the evidence that we just plain forget most > of our lives before age 7. Some of it is bad or traumatic, some good, some > neutral. Occasionally a retrieval cue triggers a memory - a good, a bad or an > > indifferent one. Why would we only consider the bad ones "repressed." It is > not > repression, it is normal forgetting. > > Nancy Melucci > Long Beach City College > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
