Psychology / Unit 12 Psych 1377 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dissociative Amnesia
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The idea
Dissociative amnesia is an inability to recall important autobiographical information, typically of a traumatic nature, beyond ordinary forgetting.
In practice
A person cannot recall a specific period while other memory functions remain intact.
Where people slip
Organic causes must be excluded first. Dissociative amnesia is a diagnosis of exclusion.
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