When Abernathy went to a psychologist for the first time, the clinician asked him what the date was, what year it was, and where they were. Which category of a mental status exam do these questions covera. ensorium b. appearance and behavior c. thought processes d. intellectual functioning

a. sensorium

Explanation:

The word sensorium comes like the term sensation from the Latin "sensus" which means the faculty of perceiving. In medical science, it is used for cognitive functions. It refers to the sum of the brain parts receiving, storing and transmitting sensory sensations. The sensorium is perhaps the seat of feeling, the place to express and experience sensations from the outside world.

this null effect is caused by a weak manipulation and ineffective internal validity. in a scientific study, as the one dr. morimoto is trying to perfom, internal validity refers to the confidence placed in the cause-effect relationship and to how well an experiment is done and able to eliminate confounding variables.        

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