PN2002 Cognition FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
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Perception .......Answer.........a cognitive process by which a
person transforms external sensory data into personalized
images of reality
Problem solving .......Answer.........a comprehensive, sequential,
cognitive process used to solve a problem by reducing the
difference between current and desired condit
restatement .......Answer.........is an active listening strategy used
to broaden a clients perspective or when the nurse needs to
provide a sharper focus on a specific part of communications
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Problem solving process- scientific method .......Answer.........·
Define the problem
· Gather data
· Analyze data
· Develop solutions
· Implement solutions
· Evaluate solutions
Clarification .......Answer.........listening response used to ask
clients for more information or for elaboration on a point
minimal cues .......Answer.........defined as brief, encouraging
phrases and non verbal prompts , which communicate interest
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paraphrasing .......Answer.........listening response which focuses on
the cognitive component of a message
summarization .......Answer.........is an active listening skill used to
pull several ideas and feelings together, either from one
interaction, or a series of interactions, into a few succinct
sentences
what are the stages of grief .......Answer.........1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
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Nonstochastic theories .......Answer.........explain biological aging
as resulting from a complex, predetermined process
stochastic theories .......Answer.........view the effects of biological
aging as resulting from random assaults from both the internal
and external environment
cross-linking theory .......Answer.........a theory of aging that holds
that the stiffening of body proteins eventually breaks down
bodily processes, leading to aging
Free Radicals and Lipofuscin Theories .......Answer.........suggests
that aging is due to oxidative metabolism and the effects of
free radicals
wear and tear theories .......Answer.........theories that the
mechanical functions of the body simply wear out with age