The failure to complete an action that had been planned, like remembering an anniversary or remembering to carry out the trash, is known as

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Prospective forgetting refers to the failure to remember to carry out a planned action in the future, and is the most appropriate choice among the given options. Active displacement and proactive interference refer to different types of memory interference, and retrograde amnesia refers to the loss of memories of events that occurred before the onset of amnesia.

The Failure to Complete an Action That Had Been Planned