Deck 3: Growing up With Deathgrowing Old With Death

Question 1

Anthropologist Colin Turnbull describes death as being like it was before birth-a state of nothingness.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

By 6 months of age most infants can conceptualize death.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Between the ages of 6 and 12,the evolution of the concept of death as a permanent cessation of life begins.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Media deaths allow children to learn about the

Question 5

Ernest Becker in The Denial of Death argues that fear and denial of death are basic dynamics for everyone.

Question 6

Society is held together by rituals.

Question 7

The period of adolescence ages 12 to 19.

Question 8

Direct answers to children's questions about dying and death only confuse them,thus one should be indirect with responses.

Question 9

According to some psychologists,children's capacity to grieve is related to their level of cognitive development.

Question 10

Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget argued that it is not until the late teen years and early 20s that one is capable of genuinely abstract thought processes.

Question 11

If possible,euphemisms should be avoided when talking to children about death.

Question 12

Psychologist Robert Kavanaugh refers to children as "little people" or "compact cars," as contrasted with Cadillacs (big people),and notes that they should be able to handle any situation adults can handle comfortably.

Question 13

The middle-age years have been labeled the "novice phase" of the developmental cycle.

Question 14

Though the elderly tend to think of death more often than younger adults,they appear to have less fear concerning death.

Question 15

The permanency of death is usually clear to a 3-year-old child.

Question 16

An adult should not be honest with children when talking about dying and death.

Question 17

Mother Goose nursery rhymes are uniformly ideal stories to help a child go to sleep at night.

Question 18

Children should be discouraged from crying when someone dies because crying reveals weakness and immaturity.

Question 19

There seems to be a fascination with death during the adolescent years as witnessed by films and music produced for adolescents.

Question 20

Death on television is often viewed as reversible.

Question 21

Demographers divide older adults into subgroups: 65-74,75-84,and 85 and over.

Question 22

Erik Erikson organized life into eight developmental stages.Joan Erikson later added a ninth stage,which she called

A)old older adults.
B)ancient people.
C)really old folks.
D)elderly individuals.
E)over the hill folks.

Question 23

Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964.

Question 24

According to the Census Bureau,middle age is between 30 and 45.

Question 25

Research findings suggest that differences in death anxiety appear to be more a function of religiosity than age.

Question 26

Emily Dickinson wrote extensively about death and dying.

Question 27

Regarding children and death,the text advises that

A)if a child cries,he or she should be spanked.
B)the child should be warned that crying reveals weakness and immaturity and that only a "sissy" cries.
C)the child should be told that it is okay to cry and that crying is a normal behavior.
D)both a and b are correct.
E)none of the above is correct.

Question 28

The individual who encouraged psychologists to employ better methods of research in the developmental approach to understanding concepts of death was

A)Sigmund Freud.
B)Ernest Becker.
C)Herman Feifel.
D)Jean Piaget.
E)Erik Erikson.

Question 29

Erik Erikson's last stage of the life cycle is called

A)adulthood.
B)young adulthood.
C)play age.
D)adolescence.
E)none of the above.

Question 30

The use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful or less offensive than another word or phrase is called a(n)

A)euphemism.
B)etiology.
C)cryonic.
D)cultigen.
E)apnea.

Question 31

A school of psychology that moved away from Freud toward more emphasis in therapy on coping strategies and strengths of the person rather than on the unconscious is called _____ psychology.

A)ego
B)developmental
C)clinical
D)life cycle
E)behaviorist

Question 32

Young adults reject death because

A)they probably have not faced the death of a significant other.
B)they do not yet accept the inevitability of death.
C)they are just preparing for the hopes,challenges,and success of life.
D)of all of the above.
E)of both a and b above.

Question 33

Though most elderly prefer to die in their homes,the majority die in institutional settings.

Question 34

Jean Piaget's third cognitive stage of development is called

A)sensorimotor.
B)concrete operational.
C)preoperational stage.
D)formal operations.

Question 35

The social scientist who argued that fear and denial of death are basic dynamics for everyone was

A)Sigmund Freud.
B)Alfred Adler.
C)Ernest Becker.
D)Jean Piaget.
E)Erik Erikson.

Question 36

Gerontology is the study of the biological,psychological,and social aspects of aging.

Question 37

The sandwich generation refers to middle-aged individuals who must take care of young adult children and elderly parents at the same time.

Question 38

The first childhood death experience occurs around the average age of ________ years.

A)3
B)6
C)8
D)11
E)None of the above.

Question 39

Sigmund Freud traced conceptions of death to

A)our need to strive and overcome our early sensitivity to death.
B)our earliest feelings concerning sexuality and fears of being punished for them.
C)our socialization during adolescence.
D)our elementary school days when first leaving the security of the home and entering a new and different world of peers.
E)both a and c above.

Question 40

Heightened death concerns among women have been reported by the majority of researchers though others have detected no gender differences.

Question 41

"Adolescence" includes the ages

A)12-15.
B)12-19.
C)15-19.
D)13-17.
E)None of the above.

Question 42

The "panic begins" for many middle-aged Americans regarding the thought of death.Which is the correct reason for this?

A)Realization that the remaining years of life are fewer than those already lived
B)Realization that after one's parents are dead,the "buffer zone" is gone
C)If one's job depends on physical vigor,the realization that physical strength is beginning to wane
D)All of the above
E)Only a and b

Question 43

Which is True regarding the elderly in the United States?

A)The elderly do not seem reluctant to talk about dying and death,but others are reluctant to talk to them about dying and death.
B)Research suggests that older adults think of death more often than younger adults but appear to have less fear concerning death.
C)Older adults tend to see their lives as having few prospects for the future and less value.
D)Research suggests that the widowed tend to be more fearful of death than the elderly married or remarried.
E)all of the above.

Question 44

By 2050 demographers project that nearly _____ of the older population (aged 65 and older)will be 85 years old and older.

A)One fifth
B)one fourth
C)one third
D)one half

Question 45

The idea of a "life review" was that of geriatrician

A)Robert Butler.
B)Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
C)Howard Becker.
D)Emile Durkheim.

Question 46

"Middle-age" is between _____ and _____ years.

A)30,60
B)45,65
C)35,55
D)40,50
E)30,40