Gary has been diagnosed with dissociative amnesia. He demonstrates A. the partial or total inability to remember new information. B. the failure to recall previously stored personal information following a very stressful situation. C. the total inability to remember previously acquired information or past experiences. D. the making up of memories that never really existed.

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26 July, 08:24

Gary has been diagnosed with dissociative amnesia. He demonstrates A. the partial or total inability to remember new information. B. the failure to recall previously stored personal information following a very stressful situation. C. the total inability to remember previously acquired information or past experiences. D. the making up of memories that never really existed.

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Answer is B. the failure to recall previously stored personal information following a very stressful situation.

Explanation:

Dissociative amnesia is a type of dissociative disorder, which occurs to people and make them forget certain information or unable to remember personal information. This is usually associated with a traumatic or stressful event.

Other type of dissociative disorder are, dissociative identity disorder and derealization disorder.

Symptoms or effects are memory loss and perception that things and people are not real.