Final answer:
The statement given is false because it describes dissociative fugue, not dissociative amnesia. Dissociative amnesia involves an inability to recall important personal information, often of a traumatic nature, while dissociative fugue involves unplanned travel with memory loss for identity.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement that dissociative amnesia involves episodes of suddenly leaving the home or workplace, traveling to another city, and not remembering one's past or identity, is actually false. What is being described is more characteristic of dissociative fugue, a subtype of dissociative amnesia. Dissociative amnesia primarily involves an inability to recall important personal information that is usually of a traumatic or stressful nature and is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.
It's important to distinguish between different types of memory disorders. Cases like K.C. who suffered from anterograde amnesia can't form new memories, whereas people with retrograde amnesia cannot recall past memories. Neither of these conditions typically involves the wandering or loss of identity seen in dissociative fugue.