The ability to have a higher level of thought process helps to determine a person's capability of independent living. A higher level of thought includes all of the following except
a. Knowing how to turn off the stove after cooking
b. Remembering to order heating oil in the winter
c. Managing finances
d. Knowing how to do laundry
D
The higher thought processes include good judgment (response A), capacity to reason (response B), and ability to think abstractly (response C). Knowing how to do laundry is a lower level of thinking and is less fragile.
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