Deck 13: Coping With Loss

Question 1

People in bereavement are expected to become dependent on others and seek competent professional assistance.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Grieving is completed when one finishes the four tasks of bereavement.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Guilt is anger and resentment turned in on oneself.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

For the bereaved,the meaning of loss tends to diminish with time.

Question 5

It is best not to mention the name of the deceased when interacting with the recently bereaved.

Question 6

Inherently the grieving process is passive because grievers are confronted by few if any choices in their social situation.

Question 7

Bereaved persons are sanctioned by others when they do not conform to the bereavement role as prescribed by American cultural expectations.

Question 8

Emotionally,the grieving process is similar to the dying process.

Question 9

Part of the bereavement role is the expectation that the bereaved will return to normal social responsibilities as soon as possible.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is False regarding bereavement?

A)Bereaved persons are sanctioned by others when they do not conform to the bereavement role as prescribed by American cultural expectations.
B)People in bereavement are expected to become dependent on others and seek competent professional assistance.
C)Part of the bereavement role is the expectation that the bereaved will return to normal social responsibilities as soon as possible.
D)The time intervals between the intense experiences of grief remain constant with the passing of time.

Question 11

There are many parallels between Talcott Parsons's sick role and what J.D.Robson describes as the bereavement role.

Question 12

Feelings of anger and rage are signs of abnormal coping for bereaved persons.

Question 13

Disenfranchised grief tends to intensify the experience of loss while the griever lacks normal social support.

Question 14

Feelings of relief often add to the feelings of guilt experienced by grievers.

Question 15

Denial is usually a dysfunctional behavior for those in the bereavement process.

Question 16

Denial provides the bereaved with a "temporary safe place" from the realities of everyday life.

Question 17

The realization that "no one can take Grandma's place" will facilitate the process of bereavement.

Question 18

Disenfranchised grief is that type of grieving promoted by memorial societies or groups advocating simple low-cost funeral arrangements.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is True regarding bereavement?

A)Time heals.
B)The grieving process takes one year or less.
C)The bereavement process consists of seven universal,mutually exclusive,and linear stages.
D)None of the above.

Question 20

Feelings of loss and loneliness are the other side of the denial experienced in the bereavement process.

Question 21

Which of the following could be considered disenfranchised grief?

A)Death of a child
B)Death of a spouse
C)Death of a sibling
D)Death of a pet
E)Death of a parent

Question 22

Which of the following statements is True regarding bereavement?

A)Denial is usually a dysfunctional behavior for those in the bereavement process.
B)Denial provides the bereaved with a "temporary safe place" from the realities of everyday life.
C)For the bereaved,the meaning of loss tends to diminish with time.
D)Feelings of anger and rage are signs of abnormal coping for bereaved persons.

Question 23

Which of the following would not be classified as disenfranchised grief?

A)Death of ex-spouse
B)Death of a pet
C)Death of an infant
D)Death of a person with whom one was having an adulterous affair
E)Miscarriage in the third month of pregnancy

Question 24

Which of the following statements is False regarding the four tasks of bereavement?

A)Grieving is completed when one finishes the four tasks of bereavement.
B)The realization that "no one can take Grandma's place" will facilitate the process of bereavement.
C)One must withdraw emotional capital from the relationship with the deceased in the process of recovery.
D)One should mention the name of the deceased when consoling the recently bereaved.