Question 1

In both American and Japanese cultures, life and death are viewed as categories that need to be kept separate rather than as part of a broader totality that also includes the afterlife.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Neonatologist

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Question 3

Mental illnesses occur more often in the adult lives of those who were bereaved as children.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Freud thought that, having lost one's own childhood innocence, as adults parents want to:

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A)  fully expose their children to death in order to shake them out of their fairy-tale world 
B)  fully expose their children to death in order to sharpen their defense mechanisms and survival instincts 
C)  partially expose their children to death by allowing them to see dead animals but not dead people 
D)  safeguard their children from reality and let them live in a fairy-tale world.

Question 5

A child's concern and curiosity about death is likely to develop:

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A)  as soon as they experience a loss 
B)  once they experience a separation, such as parents that divorce 
C)  regardless of any personal experience with separation, absence, or loss 
D)  after the loss of a family pet.

Question 6

What is the definition of the terms
-Post-traumatic stress disorder

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Question 7

One way in which death anxiety is perpetuated for another generation starts with:

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A)  parents whose own discomfort interferes with their ability to respond to a child's death-related curiosity in a simple and naturalistic way 
B)  parents who provide concrete details of dying and death 
C)  parents who use euphemisms such as "the great sleep" to explain death to children 
D)  none of the above.

Question 8

Discuss post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Include in your discussion a definition of PTSD, brief background on its development, factors that can lead to its development in children, and the impact that events such as the Oklahoma City bombing and September 11th terrorist attacks have had on children.

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Question 9

Provide five guidelines that can be utilized to address a child's death concerns. For each guideline, give an example of how this guideline might be effectively addressed.

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Exam 10: Death in the World of Childhood