Deck 3: Growing up With Death Growing Old With Death

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

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

A)adulthood.
B)young adulthood.
C)play age.
D)maturity or older adulthood.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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.

Question 5

"Adolescence" includes the ages

A)12-15.
B)12-19.
C)15-19.
D)13-17.

Question 6

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

A)30, 60
B)45, 64
C)35, 55
D)40, 50

Question 7

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

Question 8

How do adolescents learn the proper way to respond in dying and death situations?

A)Watching others
B)From the media
C)Reading self-help books
D)Taking a course on death and dying

Question 9

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)they probably have not been impacted by violence in their community.

Question 10

What is most helpful when talking to children about death?

A)Silence
B)Evasion
C)Lying
D)Honest communication

Question 11

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)if a boy feels like crying, he should be assured that crying is not acceptable.

Question 12

Approximately how many television programs contain some violence?

A)One out of three
B)Two out of three
C)Two out of five
D)Three out of five

Question 13

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.

Question 14

According to your textbook "adolescence" is

A)the training period between childhood and adulthood.
B)the period in which they learn to cope with demands and learn new skills.
C)when they develop intimate relationships.
D)when they become more assertive and take more initiative.

Question 15

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

A)3
B)6
C)8
D)11

Question 16

One of the tasks of adolescence is to

A)have conscious awareness of death and mortality.
B)think more about death.
C)begin to grapple with the meaning of life and death.
D)confront death.

Question 17

In adolescence, parent-child relationships are often filled with

A)conflict and alienation.
B)positive emotions.
C)anxiety.
D)lack of trust.

Question 18

Jean Piaget's third cognitive stage of development is called

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

Question 19

The "panic begins" for many middle-aged Americans regarding the thought of death. Which is not a 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)Physical strength begins to wane but does not impact daily functioning

Question 20

In explaining death to children one should

A)avoid euphemisms.
B)use only euphemisms.
C)be dishonest.
D)not answer the child's questions.

Question 21

What are some of the factors, other than age, that influence death conceptualizations? Why are these factors important in understanding the ways people conceptualize death?

Question 22

What are some death themes in contemporary adolescent music? How do you explain death themes in music?

Question 23

Why do high school and college-aged students have a higher level of death anxiety than junior high school students?

Question 24

Discuss the various perceptions of death as one goes from birth to age 12.

Question 25

Write a brief essay explaining why adults tend to avoid talking about death with children.

Question 26

What is a limitation according to your textbook in studying an adult's concept of death?

A)How you define adulthood
B)Differences between how males and females perceive death
C)Differences in cognitive abilities
D)Life experiences

Question 27

Why are euphemisms used to identify dying and death?

Question 28

What are some of the death themes in the Mother Goose stories cited in the text?

Question 29

What are some of the limitations of the developmental approach to understanding death conceptualizations?

Question 30

Who has a greater fear of death?

A)Married couples
B)Persons living alone
C)Persons living with family
D)Widows

Question 31

How do you explain the popularity of adolescents viewing movies depicting brutal death scenes?

Question 32

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

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

Question 33

Explain why open communication is important in relating to children about the concepts of dying and death.

Question 34

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 35

Which is false 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 married tend to be more fearful of death than the unmarried.