All of the following are examples of motivated forgetting, except
A) forgetting what you had for lunch yesterday.
B) the suppression of receiving an F on a history test.
C) actively attempting to forget a disturbing accident scene.
D) the repression of a childhood incest experience.

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Forgetting what you had for lunch yesterday is not necessarily an example of motivated forgetting, as it could simply be a failure of memory. The other options involve actively attempting to forget or repress certain memories or information.

All of the Following Are Examples of Motivated Forgetting, Except