A temporary failure to recall where you left your keys is most likely due to
A) transience.
B) proactive interference.
C) misattribution.
D) absent-mindedness.
E) the TOT phenomenon.

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Absent-mindedness refers to forgetting caused by insufficient attention, distraction, or divided attention. It is the most likely reason for a temporary failure to recall where you left your keys, rather than transience (the decreasing accessibility of memory over time), proactive interference (previous learning interfering with current retrieval), misattribution (attributing a memory to the wrong source), or the TOT phenomenon (feeling like you're on the verge of remembering something, but not quite getting there).

A Temporary Failure to Recall Where You Left Your Keys