Exam 6: Coping With Dying

Using an audiovisual, guest speaker, or example presented in class, apply one of the stage-based or task-based models described in Chapter 6 to show how the selected model can teach us useful lessons about the example in question. Discuss the strengths and limitations of the model you select.

Explain why Kenneth Doka argued that tasks in coping with life-threatening illnesses might differ in different contexts. Identify and explain the five main contexts that Doka described. Be specific and give a concrete example of a task in each of these contexts.

According to Lazarus and Folkman, which of the following is not necessarily true of coping?

Explain the stage-based model proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. What is its purpose and what are its components? To whom does it apply?

Explain Glaser and Strauss's theory of "awareness contexts."

Spiritual tasks in coping with dying involve _________.

Coping with any challenge in life, including dying, is _________.

According to Moos and Schaefer's analysis of coping domains, attempts to obtain information about a crisis and about alternate causes of action are a form of:

Which of the following is accurate in relationship to the analysis of coping in our book?

Concerns about security and autonomy on the part of a dying person suggest that he or she is focusing on _________.