Question 1

Funeral rituals allow survivors to begin to detach themselves from the dead person.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

As part of what you read in this chapter, why did the President's Commission for the Ethical Study of Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research perform a study?

Accepted Answer

A)  To determine the number of criteria for whole brain death 
B)  To determine the number of criteria for lung disease 
C)  To determine the number of criteria for nervous system malfunction 
D)  To determine the number of criteria for gastrointestinal disorder 
A)  To determine the number of criteria for whole brain death 
B)  To determine the number of criteria for lung disease 
C)  To determine the number of criteria for nervous system malfunction 
D)  To determine the number of criteria for gastrointestinal disorder B

Question 3

In the face of widespread catastrophes, such as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,________  .

Accepted Answer

A)  all business, education, and transportation facilities close for one week in mourning 
B)  life goes on as usual to reduce the terrorists' impact 
C)  public memorial services are televised to permit international mourning 
D)  there is a ceremonial reading of the will to reflect the extensive loss of life 
A)  all business, education, and transportation facilities close for one week in mourning 
B)  life goes on as usual to reduce the terrorists' impact 
C)  public memorial services are televised to permit international mourning 
D)  there is a ceremonial reading of the will to reflect the extensive loss of life C

Question 4

Illnesses such as AIDS result in a dying trajectory of sudden decline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to the text, which of the following is one of the arguments against physician-assisted suicide?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legalizing assisted suicide would increase a person's trust in and reliance on someone who is given the right to withhold care or accelerate death. 
B)  Legalizing assisted suicide would use up precious financial resources that could be left to one's heirs. 
C)  Legalizing assisted suicide would be brought on by suggestive counseling. 
D)  Legalizing assisted suicide might put pressure on the elderly to end their lives rather than be a burden to their families. 
A)  Legalizing assisted suicide would increase a person's trust in and reliance on someone who is given the right to withhold care or accelerate death. 
B)  Legalizing assisted suicide would use up precious financial resources that could be left to one's heirs. 
C)  Legalizing assisted suicide would be brought on by suggestive counseling. 
D)  Legalizing assisted suicide might put pressure on the elderly to end their lives rather than be a burden to their families.

Question 6

What ethical issues can arise at the end of life? How have thoughts on euthanasia changed over the last 50 years? Differentiate between passive euthanasia and active euthanasia.

Accepted Answer

At the end of life, several ethical issu

Question 7

Activities designed to end a person's life such as administering poison are referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  passive euthanasia. 
B)  expedient termination. 
C)  the Stockholm Syndrome. 
D)  active euthanasia. 
A)  passive euthanasia. 
B)  expedient termination. 
C)  the Stockholm Syndrome. 
D)  active euthanasia.

Question 8

Which of the following statements about death-related rituals is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  People in the United States wash the dead person's body with scented water. 
B)  Muslims cover the dead person's face with cosmetic makeup. 
C)  American Indians cover a dead person's face with a powdery substance made of corn. 
D)  Hindus bury the body after 12 days. 
A)  People in the United States wash the dead person's body with scented water. 
B)  Muslims cover the dead person's face with cosmetic makeup. 
C)  American Indians cover a dead person's face with a powdery substance made of corn. 
D)  Hindus bury the body after 12 days.

Question 9

In Pauline Boss's work with families experiencing ambiguous loss, families would get into protracted arguments particularly about whether to

Accepted Answer

A)  attend social events. 
B)  observe holidays in any way. 
C)  end the mourning period. 
D)  hold a funeral when they did not have the body. 
A)  attend social events. 
B)  observe holidays in any way. 
C)  end the mourning period. 
D)  hold a funeral when they did not have the body.

Question 10

Which of the following most accurately describes persons who survive a loved one's suicide?

Accepted Answer

A)  They may feel angry at the person for killing themselves. 
B)  They realize that they were unable to prevent it. 
C)  Their religion will likely provide rituals to support them in their loss. 
D)  The community will rally around them during their time of grief. 
A)  They may feel angry at the person for killing themselves. 
B)  They realize that they were unable to prevent it. 
C)  Their religion will likely provide rituals to support them in their loss. 
D)  The community will rally around them during their time of grief.

Question 11

In a study cited in the text, how did hospice workers view a dying patient's refusal of food and fluids in order to hasten death?

Accepted Answer

A)  Physician-assisted suicide 
B)  Active euthanasia 
C)  An expression of personal autonomy 
D)  A mercy killing 
A)  Physician-assisted suicide 
B)  Active euthanasia 
C)  An expression of personal autonomy 
D)  A mercy killing

Question 12

Grief reactions can be very similar to symptoms of mental illness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following would agree with the results of a research study that followed older couples from before the death of a spouse until 18 months after the death?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jim, a chronic griever, was depressed before his partner became ill. 
B)  Joanna, considered resilient, had an unhappy and unsatisfying marriage. 
C)  The context of his loss did not affect Kevin's grieving process. 
D)  Dillon felt a relative lack of grief-related symptoms that was not due to denial but was evidence of appropriate coping. 
A)  Jim, a chronic griever, was depressed before his partner became ill. 
B)  Joanna, considered resilient, had an unhappy and unsatisfying marriage. 
C)  The context of his loss did not affect Kevin's grieving process. 
D)  Dillon felt a relative lack of grief-related symptoms that was not due to denial but was evidence of appropriate coping.

Question 14

According to Lindemann's analysis, which of the following prolongs the survivor's preoccupation with the dead person?

Accepted Answer

A)  Attending the funeral and the wake 
B)  Retaining photographs of the deceased person 
C)  Avoiding grief 
D)  Being in contact with people who were close to the deceased 
A)  Attending the funeral and the wake 
B)  Retaining photographs of the deceased person 
C)  Avoiding grief 
D)  Being in contact with people who were close to the deceased

Question 15

In what ways do people begin the process of confronting their own death? How does the dying trajectory play a part in this?

Accepted Answer

People begin the process of confronting

Question 16

Although 70% of Americans say they would prefer to die _________, about 75% actually die _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  at home; at work 
B)  with a will; intestate 
C)  at home; in a hospital 
D)  alone; with someone present 
A)  at home; at work 
B)  with a will; intestate 
C)  at home; in a hospital 
D)  alone; with someone present

Question 17

The term physician-assisted suicide refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  when a physician arranges for the patient to administer a lethal dose of medication. 
B)  when a physician removes a patient's feeding tube. 
C)  a legal means of ending a terminally ill person's life in New Jersey. 
D)  passive euthanasia. 
A)  when a physician arranges for the patient to administer a lethal dose of medication. 
B)  when a physician removes a patient's feeding tube. 
C)  a legal means of ending a terminally ill person's life in New Jersey. 
D)  passive euthanasia.

Question 18

In Jenna's family, when someone dies there is a one- to three-day viewing period of the body followed by a funeral service and burial. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY true of Jenna?

Accepted Answer

A)  She is Japanese. 
B)  She is Protestant or Catholic. 
C)  She is Muslim. 
D)  She is Navajo. 
A)  She is Japanese. 
B)  She is Protestant or Catholic. 
C)  She is Muslim. 
D)  She is Navajo.

Question 19

Confronting one's pain and sadness and finding a place for the deceased loved one in one's thought and memories is called ________ coping.

Accepted Answer

A)  restoration-oriented 
B)  love-oriented 
C)  resource-oriented 
D)  loss-oriented 
A)  restoration-oriented 
B)  love-oriented 
C)  resource-oriented 
D)  loss-oriented

Question 20

A(n)________occurs when a person is physically present but unable to participate in any meaningful way in family interactions, as when a person is in a coma or in late stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Accepted Answer

A)  living death 
B)  fugue state 
C)  ambiguous loss 
D)  stigmatized loss 
A)  living death 
B)  fugue state 
C)  ambiguous loss 
D)  stigmatized loss

Funeral rituals allow survivors to begin to detach themselves from the dead person.

As part of what you read in this chapter, why did the President's Commission for the Ethical Study of Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research perform a study?

In the face of widespread catastrophes, such as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,________ .

Illnesses such as AIDS result in a dying trajectory of sudden decline.

According to the text, which of the following is one of the arguments against physician-assisted suicide?

What ethical issues can arise at the end of life? How have thoughts on euthanasia changed over the last 50 years? Differentiate between passive euthanasia and active euthanasia.

Activities designed to end a person's life such as administering poison are referred to as

Which of the following statements about death-related rituals is most accurate?

In Pauline Boss's work with families experiencing ambiguous loss, families would get into protracted arguments particularly about whether to

Which of the following most accurately describes persons who survive a loved one's suicide?

In a study cited in the text, how did hospice workers view a dying patient's refusal of food and fluids in order to hasten death?

Grief reactions can be very similar to symptoms of mental illness.

Which of the following would agree with the results of a research study that followed older couples from before the death of a spouse until 18 months after the death?

According to Lindemann's analysis, which of the following prolongs the survivor's preoccupation with the dead person?

In what ways do people begin the process of confronting their own death? How does the dying trajectory play a part in this?

Although 70% of Americans say they would prefer to die _, about 75% actually die _.

The term physician-assisted suicide refers to

In Jenna's family, when someone dies there is a one- to three-day viewing period of the body followed by a funeral service and burial. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY true of Jenna?

Confronting one's pain and sadness and finding a place for the deceased loved one in one's thought and memories is called ________ coping.

A(n)________occurs when a person is physically present but unable to participate in any meaningful way in family interactions, as when a person is in a coma or in late stages of Alzheimer's disease.

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Lnfancy First 24 Months

Toddlerhood Ages 2 to 4 Years

Early School Age 4 to 6 Years

Middle Childhood 6 to 12 Years

Early Adolescence 12 to 18 Years

Later Adolescence 18 to 24 Years

Early Adulthood 24 to 34 Years Angel

Middle Adulthood 34 to 60 Years

Later Adulthood 60 to 75 Years

Elderhood 75 Until Death

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Exam 15: Understanding Death Dying and Bereavement

Funeral rituals allow survivors to begin to detach themselves from the dead person.

As part of what you read in this chapter, why did the President's Commission for the Ethical Study of Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research perform a study?

In the face of widespread catastrophes, such as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,________ .

Illnesses such as AIDS result in a dying trajectory of sudden decline.

According to the text, which of the following is one of the arguments against physician-assisted suicide?

What ethical issues can arise at the end of life? How have thoughts on euthanasia changed over the last 50 years? Differentiate between passive euthanasia and active euthanasia.

Activities designed to end a person's life such as administering poison are referred to as

Which of the following statements about death-related rituals is most accurate?

In Pauline Boss's work with families experiencing ambiguous loss, families would get into protracted arguments particularly about whether to

Which of the following most accurately describes persons who survive a loved one's suicide?

In a study cited in the text, how did hospice workers view a dying patient's refusal of food and fluids in order to hasten death?

Grief reactions can be very similar to symptoms of mental illness.

Which of the following would agree with the results of a research study that followed older couples from before the death of a spouse until 18 months after the death?

According to Lindemann's analysis, which of the following prolongs the survivor's preoccupation with the dead person?

In what ways do people begin the process of confronting their own death? How does the dying trajectory play a part in this?

Although 70% of Americans say they would prefer to die _________, about 75% actually die _________.

The term physician-assisted suicide refers to

In Jenna's family, when someone dies there is a one- to three-day viewing period of the body followed by a funeral service and burial. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY true of Jenna?

Confronting one's pain and sadness and finding a place for the deceased loved one in one's thought and memories is called ________ coping.

A(n)________occurs when a person is physically present but unable to participate in any meaningful way in family interactions, as when a person is in a coma or in late stages of Alzheimer's disease.

The Development Through Life Perspective

Major Theories for Understanding Human Development

Psychosocial Theory

The Period of Pregnancy and Prenatal Development

Lnfancy First 24 Months

Toddlerhood Ages 2 to 4 Years

Early School Age 4 to 6 Years

Middle Childhood 6 to 12 Years

Early Adolescence 12 to 18 Years

Later Adolescence 18 to 24 Years

Early Adulthood 24 to 34 Years Angel

Middle Adulthood 34 to 60 Years

Later Adulthood 60 to 75 Years

Elderhood 75 Until Death

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Although 70% of Americans say they would prefer to die _, about 75% actually die _.