The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) Assesses an Individual's Ability

question 31

Multiple Choice

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) assesses an individual's ability to set shift, or display flexibility, in thinking as the goal of a task changes. As a "frontal lobe test," it is able to discriminate

• A) and detect only subcortical lesions.
• B) a frontal lesion from a nonfrontal lesion in a patient.
• C) persons at risk for a seizure disorder.
• D) violent versus nonviolent patients.

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Definitions:

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