A great deal of forgetting may reflect a (perhaps temporary) inability to locate the target information in storage. This sort of forgetting is called

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Retrieval failure refers to the inability to retrieve information from long-term memory due to insufficient cues for retrieval. This type of forgetting is often temporary and can be remedied by providing appropriate cues for retrieval. Repression refers to the unconscious forgetting of traumatic or unpleasant experiences, interference occurs when newly learned information interferes with the ability to remember previously learned information, and state dependency refers to the phenomenon in which memory retrieval is better if the internal state during retrieval matches the internal state during encoding.

A Great Deal of Forgetting May Reflect a (Perhaps Temporary)