Anna is 55 years old. When she was 7 years old, she saw her grandfather fall down the stairs after he had a stroke. At the time, she visited him in the hospital every day for the 6 months it took him to recover. Today, Anna has no memory of her grandfather, his stroke, or her visits to him in the hospital. According to Freud, Anna may be
a. showing signs of proactive interference.
b. experiencing retrograde amnesia.
c. suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome.
d. using repression to push the memories out of her conscious awareness.
D
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