Selective memory is to remember what we want and delete what does not gratify our egos.
Selective Memory definition
The definition of selective memory in the dictionary is an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient. Other definition of selective memory is the ability to retrieve certain facts and events but not others.
Example;
But after leaked cables showed Darroch criticising Trump's administration as "inept" and the president as "insecure," the president seemed to have a memory lapse.
"I don't know the Ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool," Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/10/kate-bolduan-trump-whitaker-memory-lapse-monologue-ebof-vpx.cnnhttps://i.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/donald-trumps-america/114147182/i-barely-know-the-guy-how-us-president-donald-trump-minimises-critics