Cognitive Diagnosing
1. What words would you use to describe the clients across the following variable?
a. Appearance (posture, attire, psychomotor functioning).
The client was physically capable of sitting upright, and posture was right and sat in the chair while she was speaking in the interview/assessment testing. Her appearance was appropriate for the counseling session. The title of the video stated that she has an impairment. The interviewer did not enclose a change or an adjustment made to the administered test, due to the patient has a cognitive impairment. Her psychomotor functioning appeared slight abnormal due to her answers to the interviewer.
b. Cognitive functioning (memory, concentration, judgment, reality testing, coherence, cognitive …show more content…
She did show some confusion and deep concentration when the interviewer asked questions. At the beginning of the interview, she did not give the interviewer eye contact when asking how she is doing. A question addressing her to recall three items, she made a couple of attempts, to answer the question correctly. (Even though she suffers from a cognitive impairment the attempt to respond to the question is allowed five-time to meet the question, with the first try is scored). She had difficulty identifying objects such as a watch and pen. The interviewer assigns her a task of folding a piece of paper a certain way than to place it on the floor.
She folded and crumbled the paper into a small square, then placed in underneath her leg.
c. Efficient functioning (Predominant mood, variability, range and intensity of affect)
The patent’s mood was in an emotional constriction; she was labile, her emotional functioning was inordinate apprehension, for example, she was fidgeting, and hand wringing.
d. Values and self-concept: Values- She seems confused to the questions that were asked by the interviewer. Perceptions needed questions repeated, and seem confused at first in the conversation. Self-concept- Her mental capacities for general intellect: low
a. Appearance (posture, attire, psychomotor functioning).
The client was physically capable of sitting upright, and posture was right and sat in the chair while she was speaking in the interview/assessment testing. Her appearance was appropriate for the counseling session. The title of the video stated that she has an impairment. The interviewer did not enclose a change or an adjustment made to the administered test, due to the patient has a cognitive impairment. Her psychomotor functioning appeared slight abnormal due to her answers to the interviewer.
b. Cognitive functioning (memory, concentration, judgment, reality testing, coherence, cognitive …show more content…
She did show some confusion and deep concentration when the interviewer asked questions. At the beginning of the interview, she did not give the interviewer eye contact when asking how she is doing. A question addressing her to recall three items, she made a couple of attempts, to answer the question correctly. (Even though she suffers from a cognitive impairment the attempt to respond to the question is allowed five-time to meet the question, with the first try is scored). She had difficulty identifying objects such as a watch and pen. The interviewer assigns her a task of folding a piece of paper a certain way than to place it on the floor.
She folded and crumbled the paper into a small square, then placed in underneath her leg.
c. Efficient functioning (Predominant mood, variability, range and intensity of affect)
The patent’s mood was in an emotional constriction; she was labile, her emotional functioning was inordinate apprehension, for example, she was fidgeting, and hand wringing.
d. Values and self-concept: Values- She seems confused to the questions that were asked by the interviewer. Perceptions needed questions repeated, and seem confused at first in the conversation. Self-concept- Her mental capacities for general intellect: low