After surviving a particularly violent tornado, Dean experiences a selective memory loss for specific traumatic events that occurred just before and during the disaster. Other than these specific memory losses, Dean's personality and subjective sense of identity are essentially unchanged. Dean would most likely be diagnosed with ________.

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Dissociative amnesia is characterized by an inability to recall important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. Dean's selective memory loss for specific traumatic events fits this description, whereas the other options involve broader or different types of memory or identity disturbances.

After Surviving a Particularly Violent Tornado, Dean Experiences a Selective