An honors student is caught stealing money from his teacher's desk. the teacher tells the student to report after school to discuss the incident. however, when the student arrives later that day, he cannot remember doing what the teacher accuses him of. this is an example of

The process in which someone suppresses a thought or memory that is not desirable is called repression. This process causes the actions and thoughts to be unconscious, which would explain why the honors student cannot remember doing what the teacher accuses him of in the example.