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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 cover? Sensorium Appearance and behavior Thought processes Intellectual functioning

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Sensorium

Step-by-step explanation:

Sensorium is thinking of an organism that should be considered as whole like the sensation seat in which it experiences and analyzes the environment in which it lives

In the given situation it is mentioned that the Abernathy went to a psychologist for the first time so the clinician asks various questions like date, year

So this type of questions represents the sensorium and hence, the same is to be considered

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