A Mental Status Exam Addresses a Client's

question 10

Multiple Choice

A mental status exam addresses a client's:

• A) Goals for therapy
• B) Psychosocial history
• C) Diagnosis
• D) Cognitive functioning

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A method of learning that happens when an environmental trigger and an inherently occurring stimulus are linked, causing a reflex to be learned.

Desired Response

The specific outcome or behavior that an individual or experiment aims to achieve or elicit as a result of certain stimuli or interventions.

Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology by which the likelihood of a specific behavior is increased through a reward or decreased through a punishment.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, it is any stimulus that naturally triggers a reflexive response without the need for prior learning.