Question

Ursula is waiting to meet a new doctor. Ursula's daughter tells her the doctor's name is Dr. Hollinger. Ten minutes later the doctor arrives and Ursula has no idea what the doctor's name is. What type of memory problem is Ursula showing in this case?

Answer 1

Answer:

d. anterograde amnesia      

Explanation:

The options for this question are missing. The options are:

a. implicit, explicit.

b. long term potentiation

c. retrograde amnesia, anterograde amnesia

d. anterograde amnesia

In psychology, the term anterograde amnesia refers to the loss of the ability to create new memories, in other words, the long-term memories are intact but the person has an inability to recall the recent past (short term memory).

In this example, Ursula is told the name of her new doctor but 10 minutes later she cannot recall the doctor's name. We can see that she is having an inability to recall the recent past (her daughter just told her the name of the doctor) and thus this is an example of anterograde amnesia.