Interesting timing on this one. A while ago, I ordered a book in my planning
for a Crim/psyc course I had to teach. I did not end up using it, but
recently took to reading it. The book is B.J. Cling's 2004 Sexualized
Violence Against Women and Children.

Chapter 8 is on memories of child abuse. On p.196, she states "To this
question [Is there support for delayed recall of childhood abuse], the
unequivocal answer of the research literature is yes".

Seems like she should take the challenge!

JM




-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: March 22, 2006 7:48 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Repressed memory challenge

As discussed on this list, Pope and Hudson have offered a $1000 prize to
anyone who can 
find a case of repressed memory before 1800 (see 
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=177). I've
suggested that while the 
question is interesting, failing to find such a case isn't going to persuade
anyone (especially 
True Believers) that repressed memory is nonsense (which it is, of course). 

An easy way to claim the money might be to use the services of Google
Answers. Someone 
did but Google Answers answered not (or at least brought the questioner no
joy and certainly 
no $1000).

The person who asked was Harrison Pope. See the long, long, interesting
exchange at
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=443814

Stephen
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