Premorbid Functioning Refers To

question 10

Multiple Choice

Premorbid functioning refers to:

• A) A client's overall level of depression before hospitalization
• B) A client's overall level of insight before intake
• C) A client's overall level of motor functioning before death
• D) A client's overall level of functioning before the onset of a disorder

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Definitions:

Behavioral Approach

A psychological perspective focusing on observable behaviors and the ways in which they can be learned, changed, or extinguished.

Habitual Behaviors

Actions that are regularly practiced, often performed unconsciously due to being ingrained through repetition in daily routines.

Second-Order Conditioning

A form of conditioning where a stimulus that's paired with a conditioned stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus itself.

Classical Conditioning

A training method where two signals are consistently associated together, leading to a situation where a reaction originally triggered by the second signal is later triggered by the first signal on its own.