Chapter 2: Learning About Death (Socialization)

According to Erikson psychosocial development depends significantly on developing a sense of identity and is linked to the individual's a. connectedness and independence b. genes c. cognitive transformation d. knowledge base

a. connectedness and independence

In Erikson's model of psychosocial development, in what period is bodily mutilation and disfigurement one of the death related fears? a. initiative vs. guilt b. anxious vs. confused c. industry vs. inferiority d. identity vs. role confusion

a. initiative vs. guilt

What subcomponent of universality makes explicit the understanding not only that all living things die but also that each living thing will die? a. personal mortality b. inevitability c. purposefulness d. organicity

a. personal mortality

By what age do most children understand that death is a changed state? a. preschool years. b. early elementary years c. late elementary years d. early middle school years

a. preschool years

All of the following tends to be an important influence on the development of children's attitudes toward death EXCEPT a. rising funeral costs b. social network c children's literature d. family

a. rising funeral costs

( . ) refers to strategies used to informally teach people about death and dying, involving an effort to change people's perceptions and behaviors. a. tactical socialization b. resocialization c. cognitive tranformations d. initiative manipulation

a. tactile socialization

What is the name of the Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood or Granny Wolf? a. Feng-shui b. Lon Po Po c. Kung Hei Fat Choy D Loi Lai-Mai

b. Lon Po Po

In Erikson's model, approximately what age marks the beginning of the child's moral sense? a. Birth-2 years b. preschool and kindergarten years c. middle childhood or school age d. adolscent

b. preschool and kindergarten years

The acquisition of a mature understanding of death is part of the developmental process known as a. cognition b. socialization c. maturation d. ethnocentrism

b. socialization

The model of human development devised by Erickson focuses on a. self-identity decisions b. stages of psychosocial development c. academic operations d. internalizing cultural norms

b. stages of psychosocial development

Studies conducted in the early 1940s by Sylvia Anthony showed that children can give general explanations for death by what age? a. 5 years old b. 7 years old c. 9 years old d. 12 years old

c. 9 years old

Which theorist is associated withe developmental model that emphasizes changed in attitudes toward death during different psychosocial stages? a. Mark Speece b. Jean Piaget c. Erik Erikson d. Gerald Koocher

c. Erik Erikson

Regarding a mature concept of death, which of the following is true about universality? a. Organisms that die cannot be made alive again b. Death involves the cessation of all physiological functions or signs of life c. all Living things must eventually die d. there are biological reasons for the occurrence of death

c. all living things must eventually die

In discussing how people understand death, the term "noncorporeal continuity" refers to the idea that a. death occurs suddenly, without warning b. death involves cessation of functioning c. human beings survive in some form after the death of the physical body d. legal issues must be adressed after death

c. human beings survive in some form after the death of the physical body

In Erikson's model, the years from about 6 to the beginning of puberty is sometimes known as the a. elementary age b. age of control and adequacy c. industrial age d. pre-pubescent precocious age

c. industrial age

Which of the following best defines socialization? a. a process of creating visionary beliefs b. uprooting and restructuring basic attitudes, values or identities c. learning and internalizing the norms, rules, and values of society in which a person lives d. ways of thinking, feeling and acting

c. learning and internalizing the norms, rules, and values of society in which a person lives

Lullabies and nursery rhymes often contain a. wolves who eat people b. fairies who save people c. themes of death and violence d. supernatural powers

c. themes of death and violence

A mature concept of death involves 1. universality 2. irreversibility 3 empiricism 4. causality

1, 2, and 4 universality, irreversibility, and causality

In Piaget's model, what phase is marked by formulating concepts that are abstract or symbolic? a. symbol-abstract b. preoperational c. fundamental operation d. formal operations

d. formal operations

Children who have had first-hand encounters with death tend to a. still believe in reversible death b. avoid any mention of it c. deny its existence d. have a developmentally more mature understanding of death

d. have developmentally more mature understanding of death

The story of Little Red Riding Hood in Chinese tradition differs from the Western version in which of the following ways? a. the wolf does not die in the Chinese version b. the wolf eats the children in the Chinese version c. there is no wolf in the Chinese version d. the three children in the Chinese version work together as a group to kill the wolf

d. the three children in the Chinese version work together as a group to kill the wolf