Exam 11: Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning

Compare and contrast the responses of widows and widowers to their new status. Give special emphasis to gender differences.

The grief that is most likely to occur when an ex-spouse dies following a divorce is called "the ______ grief syndrome."

Dissociative flight refers to a pattern of extreme, even psychotic denial in response to the death of another.

What is the definition of the terms -Disenfranchised grief

Stroebe's review of grief research led her to conclude that:

The husbands who became widowers often said they felt a symbolic dismemberment, like their arms had been cut off, when their wives died.

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of grief-work that has been identified by Parkes?

Young monkeys show less behavioral and physiological stress during maternal separation if they can:

Rosenblatt's study of nineteenth-century diaries found that grief:

A gay man dies of AIDS and his parents exclude his male partner of ten years from the funeral services. This is an example of _____________ grief.

What is the definition of the terms -Continuing bonds

Describe the differences in the following terms: normal grief, traumatic grief, anticipatory grief, integrated grief, and resolved grief.