After her car accident,Mollie had no memory of the party she'd been to in the hours before she suffered a head injury.She has no difficulties,however,encoding and storing new information.Mollie is suffering from __________ amnesia.
A) anterograde
B) retroactive
C) retrograde
D) proactive

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Retrograde amnesia is characterized by the loss of memory for events that occurred before the onset of the amnesia, which matches Mollie's condition of not remembering the party before her head injury. Anterograde amnesia involves difficulty in forming new memories after the onset of amnesia, which does not apply to Mollie as she has no issues with encoding and storing new information. Retroactive and proactive interference are related to the disruption of memory retrieval or storage, but they do not describe the loss of past memories as in Mollie's case.

After Her Car Accident,Mollie Had No Memory of the Party