Question

Incest survivors who lack conscious memories of their sexual abuse are sometimes told that they are simply in a stage of "denial." this explanation for their lack of abuse memories emphasizes:

Answer 1

This explanation for their lack of abuse memories emphasizes "Retrieval failure".

Retrieval failure is the inability to review a memory because of missing jolts or signs that were available at the time the memory was encoded. Encoding is the initial phase in making and recalling a memory. This is a clarification for not recalling from long term memory. A case of this would be neglect to recollect something in an exam, just when your companion helps you to remember it through a specific word/sign, you recall it.