According to psychologists, retrograde amnesia is a physically based amnesia in which:
A)there is a memory loss for events that happened after the time of the injury
B)there is a memory loss for events that happened prior to the time of the injury
C)threatening thoughts and memories are unconsciously pushed from conscious awareness
D)people fail to access the appropriate retrieval cues

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Retrograde amnesia is a memory loss for events that happened prior to the time of the injury. Option A is describing anterograde amnesia where there is memory loss for events that happened after the time of the injury. Option C is describing repression, a defense mechanism where threatening thoughts and memories are unconsciously pushed from conscious awareness, while option D is describing retrieval failure where people fail to access the appropriate retrieval cues.

According to Psychologists, Retrograde Amnesia Is a Physically Based Amnesia