When asked to recall the past two years and report all of his positive and negative experiences,Mrugesh is able to accurately recall a much higher number of the positive memories than the negative ones.This outcome is consistent with research on the topic of ____.
A) motivated forgetting
B) chunking
C) the primacy effect
D) transfer-appropriate processing

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This outcome is consistent with research on motivated forgetting, which suggests that individuals may have a bias towards recalling positive experiences and forgetting negative ones as a way to protect their self-esteem and maintain positive feelings about themselves.

When Asked to Recall the Past Two Years and Report