The client interprets the proverb "A rolling stone gathers no moss" as "As long as the rock keeps moving, it won't turn green." This is an example of:
a. Mutism
b. Flight of ideas
c. Concrete thinking
d. Loose association
C
Concrete thinking is the inability to identify or describe feelings, experiences, and behaviors abstractly. Mutism is a refusal to speak; flight of ideas is a rapid flow of speech along with a rapid change of topics; and loose association refers to thinking that is characterized by speech that moves from one unrelated idea to another.
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