Question 1

For girls who lost their mother during childhood, the long-term effects of bereavement are more likely to include:

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A)   as mothers, such women showed symptoms of depression, worried about their own deaths, were overprotective, and were perfectionists
B)   these women often proved to be effective mothers themselves despite the impact of the loss of a mother during childhood
C)   rhese women were more likely not to have children themselves out of fear that their own children would be more likely to have to deal with possible loss of a parent during childhood
D)   both a and b. D

Question 2

Which of the following statements is NOT supported by the research presented through the mother-child death communication case histories presented in the text?

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A)   Children are concerned more with the deaths of particular people or animals rather than with the topic of death in general.
B)   Children do not recognize that death is a threat to their own relationships and security.
C)   There may be several different orientations toward death within the same household.
D)   There is now a transitional generation of parents who are trying to communicate in an open manner with their children, although their own experience was of family silence about death. B

Question 3

Children who are dealing with bereavement due to the loss of a parent:

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A)   tend to be more aggressive
B)   show a higher frequency of delinquent and criminal behavior
C)   tend to be over-achievers
D)   all of the above. B

Question 4

What is the definition of the terms
-Inochi

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-Inochi...

Question 5

What is the definition of the terms
-Plague

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-Plague...

Question 6

Summarize the progression of understanding as children move through Nagy's three stages. Discuss the usefulness of these findings given that more recent studies have been conducted.

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Question 7

Studies indicate that college students have very little recollection of their childhood experiences with death.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Historical observations strongly suggest that concern with death is a recent theme in children's play.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The National Commission for Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research has proposed that by age seven a child should be given the opportunity to accept or reject participation in a research project.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to Nagy's research, which of the following statements best describes the first stage of the child's understanding of death?

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A)   Death is a person that makes people dead.
B)   Death is separation.
C)   Death is personal, universal, and inevitable.
D)   Death is final-but one can escape it.

Question 11

Compared with Nagy's findings, studies today have challenged the notion of rigid "stages" and suggest that death-understanding is:

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A)   much less fluid as children grow to reach adolescence
B)   much more fluid as children grow to reach adolescence
C)   quite static as children grow to reach adolescence
D)   none of the above.

Question 12

Children are seldom given the opportunity to participate in open discussions on death-related topics because families tend to follow the rule of silence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The concept of a legally "competent child" with the right to make decisions about his or her own health care has been:

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A)   affirmed by major court decisions
B)   affirmed by legislation in several states
C)   neither a nor b since children, as a class, are not considered to be competent
D)   both a and b.

Question 14

List three themes identified in the research case histories derived from structured interviews with mothers of schoolchildren.

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Question 15

When experiencing a death in the family, it is often more difficult for family members to accept a child's response when it involves:

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A)   anger
B)   sadness
C)   frustration
D)   confusion.

Question 16

What is the definition of the terms
-Personification

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Question 17

The realization that death is universal and inevitable seems to be grasped at an earlier age by Muslim children.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Often dying children fear that:

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A)   they will not make it into heaven
B)   their siblings will not get significant attention once they are gone
C)   they will not be a part of what will happen in the family when they are gone
D)   the memory of them will not be an adequate depiction of who they were.

Question 19

Older children focus more on their own possible death than younger children.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Provide two examples of ways in which early experiences with death in childhood can affect one's current experiences as an adult, and explain how reflection on these experiences could provide valuable insight into current feelings and/or behaviors.

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Exam 10: Death in the World of Childhood

For girls who lost their mother during childhood, the long-term effects of bereavement are more likely to include:

Which of the following statements is NOT supported by the research presented through the mother-child death communication case histories presented in the text?

Children who are dealing with bereavement due to the loss of a parent:

What is the definition of the terms -Inochi

What is the definition of the terms -Plague

Summarize the progression of understanding as children move through Nagy's three stages. Discuss the usefulness of these findings given that more recent studies have been conducted.

Studies indicate that college students have very little recollection of their childhood experiences with death.

Historical observations strongly suggest that concern with death is a recent theme in children's play.

The National Commission for Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research has proposed that by age seven a child should be given the opportunity to accept or reject participation in a research project.

According to Nagy's research, which of the following statements best describes the first stage of the child's understanding of death?

Compared with Nagy's findings, studies today have challenged the notion of rigid "stages" and suggest that death-understanding is:

Children are seldom given the opportunity to participate in open discussions on death-related topics because families tend to follow the rule of silence.

The concept of a legally "competent child" with the right to make decisions about his or her own health care has been:

List three themes identified in the research case histories derived from structured interviews with mothers of schoolchildren.

When experiencing a death in the family, it is often more difficult for family members to accept a child's response when it involves:

What is the definition of the terms -Personification

The realization that death is universal and inevitable seems to be grasped at an earlier age by Muslim children.

Often dying children fear that:

Older children focus more on their own possible death than younger children.

Provide two examples of ways in which early experiences with death in childhood can affect one's current experiences as an adult, and explain how reflection on these experiences could provide valuable insight into current feelings and/or behaviors.