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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > forgetting > motivated forgetting

Preferred term

motivated forgetting  

Definition

  • Generic term for intentional or non-accidental forgetting with the subject not being necessarily conscious of it.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • intentional forgetting
  • voluntary forgetting

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Anderson, M. C. (2020). Motivated forgetting. In A. D. Baddeley, M. W. Eysenck, & M. C. Anderson (Eds.), Memory (pp. 315–349). Psychology Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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