An older man was picked up by police after he was found wandering along an interstate highway in a confused state. The man possessed no identifying information and he was unable to say who he was or where he lived. After his photograph appeared on television, a woman from an adjoining state identified the man as her father. What form of dissociative disorder did this man appear to have?

A. dissociative identity disorder
B. dissociative fugue
C. dissociative amnesia
D. depersonalization disorder

Dissociative fugue: In abnormal psychology, the term "dissociative fugue" is also referred to as "psychogenic fugue", and is described as one of the psychological states whereby an individual loses "awareness" related to his or her identity as well as associated "autobiographical information" and therefore the person tends to involve in activities such as unexpected traveling.

Cause: An extremely stressful situation that a person is dealing with, sexual trauma, etc.

In the question above, the man appears to have dissociative fugue disorder.

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Answer: The form of dissociative disorder that this man appears to have is known as DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE.

Explanation: Dissociative fugue can be defined as a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality.

His inability of the man to "say who he was or where he lived" is characterized as amnesia for personal identity which is a factor of dissociative fugue.