Question

On the TV show 24, Terri experiences several stressors. She and her daughter are kidnapped, her husband is on a danger mission to track down terrorists, and after escaping from their captors, Terri witnesses her daughter become a victim of a fiery car crash. After fainting, Terri awakens and cannot remember any personal information about herself or her family. It appears Terri is suffering from ____.
a. ​dissociative amnesia
b. ​cyclothymic disorder
c. ​anterograde amnesia
d. ​dissociative identity disorder

Answer 1

It appears that Terri is suffering from anterograde amnesia.

Answer 2

Answer:

​dissociative amnesia

Explanation:

Dissociative amnesia is a type of dissociative disorder in which a person is unable to recall important personal information .The cause for this can be stress or trauma. Here, the information forgotten will be largely  part of conscious memory and is also described as autobiographic memory. While Personal information may be forgotten from conscious memory, in some cases the person still shows behavior based on that lost information.

Here Terry has encountered some stressful situations, to add to her woes, her daughter became part of car crash and she forgets her personal information and hence Dissociative amnesia is most suitable answer for this Problem