A family has noted these behaviors in their elderly parent: periodic indecisiveness, forgetfulness, mild transient confusion, occasional misperception, distractibility, and occasional unclear thinking
Where on the continuum of cognitive responses would this patient be?
Adaptive responses Maladaptive responses
1 2 3
a. At point 1
b. At point 2
c. At point 3
B
The behaviors noted are neither adaptive nor totally maladaptive.
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