Question

Aaron went to school one day with his zipper down. Horribly embarrassed, he asked his friend to never speak of the event. Years later when asked about that event, Aaron doesn't remember that it ever happened. He is exhibiting _____ forgetting.

Answer 1

Motivated forgetting

Step-by-step explanation:

It is a psychological behaviour in which a person forgets unwanted memories either unconsciously or consciously.

It is a defence mechanism as there are conscious and unconscious coping techniques involved to reduced anxiety that arise due to unacceptable impulses.

Motivated forgetting have two types psychological repression and thought suppression. In thought suppression a person tries to exclude memories and thoughts form his awareness, while psychological repression is done unconsciously.

Answer 2

Motivated forgetting

Explanation:

Motivated forgetting is also called a psychological defense mechanism. It is just like the suppression in which people express the memory related to any trauma or threat that is undesirable. People try to suppress those memories that are undesirable for them. Many of the studies reveal that socially threatening memories are suppressed by people to avoid unwanted thoughts and feelings. These memories are expressed and not forward into consciousness.

Thus Aaron doesn't want to remember that happening again. This is an example of the forgetting that is called motivated forgetting.