Exam 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement

Ruminating appears to be an effective method of coping with loss.

The grieving process is much ____ than most people believe it to be.

Corr (1991-1992) suggests that a dying individual must face four tasks (e.g., spiritual energy, bodily needs, psychological security). This approach views coping with death as a(n):

After an accident, Steve's heart is not beating and he has stopped breathing. Steve is:

Which U.S. state passed the first law legalizing physician-assisted suicide?

For most people, grief tends to peak within ____ following the death of a loved one.

Death anxiety would likely be the lowest for:

In the United States, an unwritten but "acceptable" amount of time to grieve the death of a spouse is about:

Of all of these people who have just died, most people would find the death of which individual to be the most tragic?

Who is an example of someone using the MOST common way of dealing with death anxiety?

Who is clinically dead?

The fact that circulatory problems increase following the death of a spouse indicates that there is a(n) ____ component to grief.

By definition, euthanasia is the practice of ending life for reasons of:

What is the correct sequence of Kübler-Ross's original "five stages of dying"?

Which aspect of death is MOST highly influenced by culture?

Paula's husband is terminally ill and recently she finds herself crying whenever she looks at him. A likely explanation for Paula's reaction is:

There is only one way to define death.

The death of an unmarried lifelong gay or lesbian partner typically results in:

After Maxine was in a severe car accident, her parents were informed that she was brain dead but could be kept alive if she was put on a respirator immediately. Her family's decision to not put her on the respirator would be considered:

Older bereaved spouses often grieve for years.