For Altered Mental Status to Occur, What Body System Must

question 5

Multiple Choice

For altered mental status to occur, what body system must be affected?

• A) Cardiovascular
• B) Respiratory
• C) Central nervous
• D) Endocrine

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Definitions:

Thematic Apperception Test

A projective psychological test where individuals express their thoughts and feelings through the stories they create about ambiguous pictures.

Rorschach Test

A psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are analyzed as a measure of emotional and intellectual functioning.

Story

A narrative, either true or fictitious, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the listener or reader.

Empirically Keyed Test

A type of self-report test that presents many questionnaire items to two groups that are known to be different in some central way.