During the mental status examination, a client may be asked to explain such proverbs as "Don't cry over spilled milk." The purpose of this is to evaluate the client's ability to think: abstractly.
The correct option is a.
Abstract thinking is the capacity to comprehend and decipher meaning. It's a higher level of intellectual functioning than concrete thinking, in which the client explains the proverb by its literal meaning. Rational thinking involves the capacity to think clearly, make decisions, and be goal-directed. 
Tangential thinking is scattered, non-goal-directed, and hard to follow. Clients with such conditions as organic brain disease and schizophrenia typically can't conceptualise and comprehend abstract meaning. Their literal interpretation of phrases like "Don't cry over spilled milk" is "Even if you spill your milk, you shouldn't cry about it."
During the mental status examination, a client may be asked to explain such proverbs as "Don't cry over spilled milk." The purpose of this is to evaluate the client's ability to think:
a. abstractly.
b. tangentially.
c. concretely.
d. rationally.
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<u>Answer:</u>
Alternative energy use is a sustainable practice of a post-industrial society.
<u>Explanation:</u>
- Since the advent of industrialisation, the world has heavily relied on energy generated out of burning of fossil fuels. This has led to serious issues of environmental pollution and degradation.
- The term alternative energy use refers to the use of non-polluting, sustainable energy resources.
- Alternative energies include solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, etc.
- The use of alternative energy is ensures that there is no emission of polluting byproducts from industrial activities.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Common Sense in January 1776 support of the Patriot cause. Using clear, plain language, Paine rallied the colonists to support the break from Britain. In arguing for American independence, Paine denounced the monarchy and argued that people are born in to a state of equality