Exam 1: As We Think About Death

A woman who was discovered intently sweeping the floor of her home after a tornado had passed through the city, while the floor was practically all that was remaining of her home, is an example of:

Cryonic suspension is another word used for cremation.

A study by Russac et al. (2007) found that women experienced a secondary peak in death anxiety as they entered their fifties.

Describe how levels of death anxiety change as we move through the major stages of life.

What is the definition of the terms -Living will

A criticism of Freud's and Becker's positions about death anxiety is that basic assumptions of both of these perspectives appear to be beyond empirical investigation.

Researchers have found that individuals who choose NOT to be organ donors often have a fear of being declared dead prematurely.

The leading cause of death for the population in general is:

A survey of studies conducted in 15 nations showed that women tend to have higher death anxiety scores on self-report scales.

What is the definition of the terms -Ontological confrontation

In a longitudinal study conducted in the United States that examined the relationship between religiousness and fear of death and dying, researchers found:

The individual who is not "in denial," but simply directing his or her attention to whatever seems most salient in the moment is demonstrating:

Describe the five difficulties researchers encounter when using death anxiety scales.

Mortality salience can only be a factor in a research study for participants who have been exposed directly to death, such as soldiers and paramedics.

Describe the two opposite approaches of Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown, both anthropologists, in explaining the role of religion in death anxiety.

Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian "assisted" in death, how many were terminally ill?

A person born in the United States in 1900 had an average life expectancy of 42 years.

Both compartmentalizing and denial involve a disconnection of one aspect of a death-related situation from another.

"Our fears take many specific forms but can be traced back to our sense of vulnerability to death." This statement is at the core of the ______ death anxiety theory.

The statements, "There's nothing to think about. When you're number's up, it's up" are representative of a fatalistic view.