Which of the following statements is true regarding motivated forgetting?

a) Motivated forgetting always involves a lack of proper consolidation prior to storage.
b) Suppression involves a partial or complete, unintended memory loss for a painful event.
c) Suppression is an active process of avoiding an unpleasant memory.
d) Suppression falls under the category of encoding failure.


Answer: c

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