Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the client's cognitive functioning?
a. Client orientation to time, place, and person
b. Short- and long-term memory of client
c. Obsessional thinking of client
d. Knowledge base and intellectual functioning of client
e. Client insight and judgment
Q. 2Whether a client is oriented to time, place, and person; an assessment of the client's short- and long-term memory; an evaluation of the client's knowledge base and intellectual functioning; and a statement about the client's level of insight and ability to make judgments all refer to the client's:
a. affect.
b. mood.
c. thought components.
d. cognitive functioning.
e. All of these are true.
Q. 3Which of the following is NOT considered part of the client's thought processes (as opposed to content of thought)?
a. Circumstantiality
b. Coherence of thoughts
c. Flight of ideas
d. Logical thinking
e. Suicidal or homicidal ideation
Q. 4In the mental status exam, concepts such as circumstantial, flight of ideas, logical and organized, loose associations, tangential, and poverty refer to the client's:
a. content of thought.
b. thought processes.
c. cognitive functioning.
d. affect and mood.
e. All of these are true.
Q. 5Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the client's content of thought (as opposed to thought processes)?
a. Delusions
b. Distortions of body image
c. Hallucinations
d. Obsessions
e. Circumstantiality
Q. 6Delusions, distortions of body image, hallucinations, obsessions, or suicidal or homicidal ideation all refer to the client's:
a. affect.
b. mood.
c. thought components.
d. cognitive functioning.
e. All of these are true.
Q. 7The manner in which a client thinks reveals much about how he or she comes to understand and make meaning of the world. In the mental status exam, this refers to the client's:
a. affect.
b. mood.
c. thought components.
d. cognitive functioning.
e. All of these are true.
Q. 8Terms like constricted, full, appropriate, inappropriate, content, labile, flat, blunted, or exaggerated refer to the client's:
a. affect.
b. mood.
c. thought components.
d. cognitive functioning.
e. All of these are true.
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