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Name Gloria Kim
Motivated forgetting is a mental self-defense mechanism in which people consciously or unconsciously forget unwanted memories that raises anger, sadness, shame, fear, and anxiety. People block the recall of these memories to protect themselves.Memories are not forgotten but only lost from retrieval.

Repression is categorized as a type of motivated forgetting and is a concept of forgetting one's memories and feelings unconsciously. They are prevented from entering consciousness. Anxiety-provoking or painful memories are "repressed" below conscious awareness, making it inaccessible.

Citations: "Motivated Forgetting." //Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2015. "Motivated Forgetting." //Forgetting Task //. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2015.

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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/20/change-life-art-of-forgetting

Good job, Gloria! I think that you could have explained what happens in motivated forgetting memory a little better. You mention that the memories are not forgotten but only lost from retrieval. You should have mentioned that people's memories self-censor themselves in order to block the pain and anxiety associated with it. It is not so much a case of lost from retrieval as a case of memory not letting itself be accessed. Also, you could have mentioned that there still is a trace of the memory lingering in the unconscious that can be accessed through guided therapy (according to Sigmund Freud).
 * Comment by Karsten Ladner**

Citation: Myers, David G., Richard O. Straub, and Thomas Ludwig. Psychology. 8th ed. New York: Worth, 2007. Print.