Amnesia induced by mental trauma or other frightening events is called:
ASuppression (repression) ✓ Correct
BProactive initiative
CRetroactive initiative
DCondensation
Correct answer: (A) Suppression (repression)
Explanation
Amnesia induced by mental trauma or frightening events is called suppression, often termed repression, where distressing memories are kept out of conscious recall.
Proactive initiative is not a memory term and does not describe trauma-induced forgetting.
Retroactive initiative is likewise not a recognised memory concept here.
Condensation is a dream mechanism in psychoanalysis where several ideas fuse into one image, not amnesia.
Repression, in Freud's theory, is a defence mechanism that blocks threatening material from awareness.
Unlike organic amnesia from brain damage, this is a psychogenic or functional memory loss.
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