Deck 11: Death and Bereavement

Question 1

Which of the following personality characteristics has been found to be correlated (positively or negatively) with fear or anxiety about death?

A) extraversion
B) conscientiousness
C) a sense of purpose in life
D) openness to experience

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following groups is likely to have the LEAST fear of death?

A) adults high in neuroticism
B) middle-aged adults
C) adults with strong religious commitment
D) extraverted adults

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following groups is likely to have the greatest fear of death?

A) regular churchgoers who are highly religious
B) irregular churchgoers who are moderately or weakly religious
C) strongly non-religious adults
D) It makes no difference: religiousness is unrelated to fear of death.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

what age does Bernice Neugarten think that most adults switch from thinking of time as "time since birth" to thinking of "time 'till death"?

A) early adulthood: 20-35
B) middle adulthood: 35-45
C) early old age: 65-75
D) late old age: 75+

Question 5

Which of the following age groups of adults is likely to have the greatest fear of death?

A) 20-30
B) 40-50
C) 60-70
D) 80-90

Question 6

Marshall and Levy suggest that 2 important functions of rituals are _______.

A) venting and rituals
B) rituals and mourning
C) control and meaningfulness
D) mourning and meaningfulness

Question 7

Which of the following groups of individuals is likely to have the highest level of fear of death?

A) adults who are satisfied with themselves and what they have done with their lives
B) introverted adults
C) adults who feel their lives lack purpose or meaning
D) extraverted adults

Question 8

term used in hospice care that refers to support that is aimed at pain alleviation and comfort maximization with a minimum of life-prolonging measures is _______.

A) curative care
B) psychosocial care
C) palliative care
D) alleviation care

Question 9

Those who are_______ are the ones most anxious about death.

A) extremely religious
B) above average in religiosity
C) moderately religious
D) low in religiosity

Question 10

Which of the following age groups of adults is likely to talk the most about death and dying as well as thinking about it most?

A) 20-30
B) 40-50
C) 60-70
D) 80-90

Question 11

which type of patient is hospice care intended?

A) the chronically but not terminally ill
B) the acutely ill (such as those with severe pneumonia)
C) anyone terminally ill
D) only cancer patients

Question 12

According to Kübler-Ross, which of the following is the first response to being told one is dying?

A) anger
B) bargaining
C) depression
D) denial

Question 13

Studies of grief responses in adults suggest that _______.

A) the great majority of adults show a strong response, including some depression, for at least 6 months after the loss but then recover
B) most adults show only a very brief level of distress, and then recover quickly
C) there are several different patterns of grief reactions, no one of which is dominant
D) failure to display distress immediately after a loss is linked to high levels of later problems

Question 14

Which of the following individuals is likely to have the strongest fear of death?

A) Eric, aged 50, a highly religious man who does his best to live his life according to his religious beliefs.
B) Caroline, a highly religious young woman, aged 25, who seeks meaning in life through her religion.
C) Lucetta, an atheist, aged 70.
D) B.J., a 45-year-old man who is moderately religious and uses his religion primarily as an arena for doing good deeds.

Question 15

Research suggests which of the following individuals typically will suffer the most from "death anxiety"?

A) Carlos, a 22-year-old college student, full of purpose and zest for life, an atheist.
B) Richard, a 72-year-old retired mechanic, a devoted Muslim, and has no regrets in life.
C) Katie, an 89 year old widow, an active member in the United Methodist Church.
D) Aretha, a 49 year old housewife, regrets that she did not college; she believes in an afterlife, but she's not sure she earned a place in it.

Question 16

Wenda Yuan-si, a 42-year-old Chinese-American technology consultant, decided it was time to finalize some things that he has long put off. Wenda made out his Last Will and Testament, and he bought life insurance. His actions are typical of what process?

A) reminiscence
B) finitude
C) living wills
D) adaption

Question 17

Research on the survival prospects of women with breast cancer generally shows which of the following responses to the diagnosis to be associated with the POOREST survival rate?

A) denial
B) stoic acceptance
C) anger
D) fighting spirit

Question 18

Wenda Yuan-si, a 42 year old Chinese-American technology consultant, decided it was time to finalize some things that he has long put off. Wenda made out his Last Will and Testament, and he bought life insurance. His actions are typical of what process?

A) reminiscence
B) finitude
C) living wills
D) adaption

Question 19

Based on the most recent data, which of the following individuals is more likely to have made out a will?

A) Maddie, 16 years of age
B) Winston, 24 years of age
C) Sandy, 40 years of age
D) William, 67 years of age

Question 20

Which of the following personality characteristics has been found to be correlated (positively or negatively) with fear or anxiety about death?

A) extraversion
B) conscientiousness
C) a sense of purpose in life
D) openness to experience

Question 21

Studies of patients diagnosed with several types of disease, including AIDS and cancer, suggest that _______.

A) those who express a lot of hostility and anger die sooner
B) those who express little hostility or anger die sooner
C) "good patients" who do what they are told by physicians survive longer
D) there is no consistent link between personality and length of survival

Question 22

Although this was not the intention, the average length of hospice care is ________.

A) under two months
B) six months
C) a year
D) eighteen months

Question 23

Leona's family held a wake in the evening and then a funeral the next day for her mother who died at the age of 62. According to Marshall and Levy, two important functions of rituals are _______.

A) venting and rituals
B) rituals and mourning
C) control and meaningfulness
D) mourning and meaningfulness

Question 24

patient, after learning that she has a terminal disease, says, "I can beat this if I just do everything the doctor says-if I do all the chemotherapy, and all the radiation, and change the way I eat." This is an example of what stage of response to dying, according to Kübler-Ross's theory?

A) anger
B) denial
C) bargaining
D) depression

Question 25

most common condition patients seek hospice care for is:

A) Alzheimer's disease.
B) terminal cancer.
C) cardiovascular disease.
D) Parkinson's disease.

Question 26

Research with AIDS patients has shown that those who _________ die sooner.

A) fail to express negative feelings
B) express their hostility openly
C) struggle the most
D) fight the hardest

Question 27

sequence of 5 stages of responses to dying, according to Kübler-Ross's theory, is _______.

A) anger, denial, depression, bargaining, acceptance
B) anger, denial, bargaining, depression, acceptance
C) denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
D) denial, anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance

Question 28

Based on a survey of where loved ones died, which of the following would be the place where family members would be LEAST likely to report concern about not having enough emotional support for the patient and not having enough emotional support for the family of the dying patient? In other words, where would they be likely to perceive the most emotional support?

A) at home with hospice care
B) in a hospital
C) in a nursing home
D) at home with home-care nursing

Question 29

According to Kübler-Ross, which of the following is the first response to being told one is dying?

A) anger
B) bargaining
C) depression
D) denial

Question 30

classic response of an individual when told that she has a terminal disease is to say "Why me?" Which stage of response to dying is this thought to represent?

A) denial
B) anger
C) depression
D) bargaining

Question 31

Which of the following pairs of types of responses is associated with HIGH survival rates for women diagnosed with breast cancer, according to Greer's research?

A) denial or stoic acceptance
B) denial or fighting spirit
C) stoic acceptance or fighting spirit
D) anxious preoccupation or denial

Question 32

received hospice care for her last three months of life in the U.S. Which of the following statements is most likely to be accurate?

A) her care was not covered by Medicare
B) she died in the 1950s when hospice started in the U.S. and was most popular.
C) she was cared for by an interdisciplinary team
D) she was encouraged to keep her fighting spirit and to "beat death" so that she could savor her limited time with her loved ones.

Question 33

patient, after being told he has terminal cancer, says, "No, that must be someone else. The lab results must have gotten mixed up." This is an example of what stage of response to dying, according to Kübler-Ross's theory?

A) denial
B) anger
C) bargaining
D) depression

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT a feature of hospice care?

A) Family members perform all physical care of the patient.
B) Family members make decisions about the location and manner of the patient's care.
C) Family members are encouraged to make plans for the time after the patient's death.
D) Family members are encouraged to view death as normal.

Question 35

which type of patient is hospice care intended?

A) the chronically, but not terminally ill
B) the acutely ill (such as those with severe pneumonia)
C) anyone terminally ill
D) only cancer patients

Question 36

According to Kübler-Ross, which of the following is the final response in the stages of reactions to the knowledge of death?

A) anger
B) denial
C) acceptance
D) depression

Question 37

After Dana's grandmother died, the family "sat shiva" for a week in the home and covered all mirrors in the house. Soon after her death she was buried in a plain shroud and simple casket. It is most likely that Dana is _______.

A) of Catholic faith
B) of Jewish faith
C) Native American
D) an African American of Protestant faith SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Question 38

aspect of caring for dying patients is NOT reflected in Kübler-Ross's research?

A) unfinished needs
B) Caregivers need to listen actively.
C) We need to learn from the dying.
D) the process of saying farewells

Question 39

Research on the survival prospects of women with breast cancer generally shows which of the following responses to the diagnosis to be associated with the POOREST survival rate?

A) denial
B) stoic acceptance
C) anger
D) fighting spirit

Question 40

the stages of dying as proposed by Kübler-Ross. What is the current status of this theory?

Question 41

Among middle-aged adults, which ones are likely to show the MOST fear of death?

Question 42

Describe the major functions of funerals and other rituals surrounding death.

Question 43

Research shows that women have higher levels of death anxiety than men. What are two possible reasons to explain this finding?

Question 44

people learn that a friend is dying, they sometimes stay away because they don't know what to do or to say. Is there research on the effects of social support on a person's response to imminent death? Explain and include some helpful things a person could do and say?

Question 45

Although there is a body of evidence suggesting that a "fighting spirit" is the optimum response to a disease, there are some studies that have found NO LINK between depression/stoic acceptance/helplessness and more rapid death from cancer. What is one problem with this research that might explain these discrepancies?.

Question 46

Describe how your family experiences [or may experience] the death of a loved one. Explain your family's mourning and funeral traditions, include the specific mourning and burial rituals and relate these to one of the predominant grief and bereavement theories.

Question 47

Drawing upon research with gay men or older married (heterosexual) couples, what is the most common reaction to grief? Explain.

Question 48

Create two fictitious individuals who are experiencing the death of a loved one, each from distinctly different cultural backgrounds. Explain the mourning and burial rituals and relate these to one of the predominant grief and bereavement theories. Which individual and which individual's loved ones do you believe experience the greatest fulfillment in death, if either? Explain your answer.

Question 49

Choose two different cultural groups and briefly describe their funeral rituals and practices.

Question 50

conclusions do you think are reasonable ones to draw from research on the link between survival rates and personality or response to the disease? Cite specific research in support of your position where possible. What additional research would you suggest is needed in order to clarify the results in this area?

Question 51

explanations have been given for the oft-observed phenomenon that adults are more afraid of death at middle age than at any other period in adulthood?