Imagine that you were in a car accident in which you hit your head on the steering wheel. The next day you could not remember anything that had occurred in the week before the accident. You were suffering from
A) anterograde amnesia.
B) proactive interference.
C) retrograde amnesia.
D) Korsakoff's syndrome.

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Retrograde amnesia is a type of amnesia where the individual loses memories from the past, typically surrounding the time of a traumatic event such as a head injury. Anterograde amnesia, on the other hand, is the inability to form new memories after the event. Proactive interference refers to when old memories interfere with the ability to recall new ones. Korsakoff's syndrome is a disorder caused by severe alcoholism that leads to memory deficits and cognitive impairments. Since the individual in the scenario is unable to remember events leading up to the accident, retrograde amnesia is the most appropriate diagnosis.

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