Question

During a conversation, jerry told his friend that their favorite rock band was going to perform in their city. however, he could not remember the medium through which he got the information about the show. jerry was experiencing: anterograde amnesia. retrograde amnesia. dissociative amnesia. source amnesia.

Answer 1

The correct answer is source amnesia.

In this instance, Jerry forgetting the medium through which he got the information about the show is a classic case of source amnesia. Source amnesia refers to the process wherein individuals are unable to recall how and when they had learned some information, however, they clearly remember the information itself.