AAMI Comprehensive Review Arts Week 6 - Funeral Service Psychology and Counseling; History, Ethics, and Sociology.

The first appearance of the word "Undertaker" in American Colonial Newspapers was:

1768

the creation of a system which governs through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of officials following an inflexible routine. Characterized by specialization, hierarchy, formal rules, impersonality and a specialized administrative staff.

Bureaucratization

Non-directive Counseling is a practice created by:

Carl Rogers

_____ would argue that counseling is inherently associated with good communication.

Carl Rogers

The Bronzed Line coffin was:

Cast iron with bronze finish.

The person in Embalming history best known for embalming without evisceration:

Clauderus

Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution.

Complicated (unresolved) Grief

organization of licensing agencies in North America responsible for the national licensing exam known as the National Board Exam; established in St. Louis in 1904

Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards

method of disposing the dead body via fire; first attributed to the ancient Greeks

Cremation

Psychological way of coping with stress

Defense Mechanism

A type of Grief Reaction that may surface after the funeral:

Delayed

disposition of human remains without any rites or ceremonies

Direct Deposition

DMORT is the acronym for:

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team

The intense physical and emotional expression of grief occurring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant.

Acute Grief

A special type of death is considered:

All of the Above

agency/organization with responsibility to accredit colleges and programs of mortuary science/funeral service education

American Board of Funeral Service Education

Crying is

An external response to an emotion

early Roman view of the afterlife which emphasizes the soul as the vital principle. The soul at death hovered around the place of burial and required constant attention of the descendants to be happy. Neglect would bring evil upon them

Animistic View

A family who grieves prior to the death of a loved one is experiencing:

Anticipatory Grief

Egyptian god of embalming

Anubis

Usually the best way to meet our problems is to:

Attack them directly

The third of Kubler-Ross's stages of dying is identified as:

Bargaining

In terms of the funeral children should:

Be Included

The modern definition of Psychology is that it is the study of human:

Behavior

forerunner of today's hearse; a hand stretcher on which the uncoffined body was carried to the grave

Bier

belief or practice of draining a quantity of blood to cure illness or disease

Bloodletting

a culture developed before the invention of writing; hence, leaving no written record.

Pre-Literate

An arrangement conducted prior to a funeral is considered:

Pre-Need

The original intent of burial vaults was:

Protection from grave robbers.

The systematic study of human and/or animal behavior. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The word "psychology" refers to the systematic study of human and/or animal behavior. When we study psychology, we will consider a variety of perspectives, such as schools and fields of psychology that are more focused studies of various aspects of experience, mental life, behavior, personality, etc. We will also examine and discuss interrelationships between funeral service, religion, society, and human behavior.

Psychology

John, age five, began using "baby-talk" and bed-wetting after the birth of a baby brother. He was using the defense mechanism of:

Regression

According to Simos, a compelling need by which the individual attempts to restore inner psychological equilibrium, uniting past, present and future in the cycle from loss and fear of loss to restitution.

Restitution

A crisis is usually:

Short term; four to six weeks.

categorization of people by money, prestige and power; a ranking of social status (position) in groups such as upper, middle and lower class.

Social Stratification

Another term for enculturation

Socialization

Kubler-Ross described the mourning process in terms of:

Stages

In terms of Special Types of Losses, Mr. Taylor, Sr.'s death would be considered a:

Sudden Death

An unsuccessful attempt made by the person to end his or her own life.

Suicidal Gesture

An Egyptian chief embalmer was known as a:

Surgeon

must behavior that dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts dealing with death. A social prohibition of a certain act.

Taboos

J. William Worden describes the process of mourning in terms of:

Tasks

The interdisciplinary study of death and death related areas, especially the medical, emotional and final problems associated with dying.

Thanatology

When a child's death is expected and parents are allowed a period of anticipatory grieving:

The Grief work is probably shortened

Which of the following forms of behavior illustrates "regression" by an adult?

Throwing a temper tantrum

The main reason for embalming in the Middle Ages was:

To study the body

Taylor Family Scenario: The Taylor family engaged the McCoy Funeral Home to handle the arrangements for the death of Mr. Taylor s father. Mr. Taylor, Sr. died of a sudden heart attack. He was 67 years old and the family had no idea that he had a heart problem. The entire family was involved in the funeral arrangements, including the children and the grandchildren. The priest included the children in the funeral service and asked that each of them write something about their grandfather. The family attended the Episcopal Church of New Jersey for most of their lives. The family requested a viewing in the church, with the deceased remaining there overnight in the church, and a 10 AM funeral service the next day. They have a family plot in the Blessed Heart Cemetery in New Jersey so that the burial would take place directly after the funeral was complete. A repast was planned in the church after the burial. The family also asked that all donations be made to the National Heart Association. From the scenario described above, answer this and the following four (4) questions: The family requested what type of funeral:

Traditional

long hollow tube patented in 1868 by Samuel Rogers of Philadelphia; used by embalmers to inject fluids into cavities and remove excess liquids

Trocar

A need of the bereaved is to confirm the reality of the death.

True

A purpose and value of the funeral is provide an opportunity to express grief through ritual.

True

Aftercare is also know as postvention.

True

An emotion may be a reaction to a symbol.

True

Children view death as final, according to Rabbi Grollman by 9 years and older.

True

Communication can be verbal or non-verbal.

True

Elation may occur before an event as well as after an event.

True

The 19th C. was seen as an early sign of women being involved in funeral service.

True

The Protestant Reformation led to changes in funerals including a decrease in Purgatory Guilds and other excesses.

True

The most easily observable indicators of emotions are the external responses of the body and facial muscles.

True

In his/her service to the public, the funeral director must always be conscious of the basic ____ which consistently maintains and improves his/her ability to communicate with the community:

Trust

The two most common forms of communication may be referred to as:

Verbal and Non-verbal

Normal somatic disturbance in grief is:

Weakness

Grief is best relieved by

expressing it outwardly by crying

A stage of moral development in which the individual is characterized as not understanding the rules or feeling a sense of obligation to them.

pre-moral stage as defined by Kohlberg

individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods utilizing mass production techniques.

Industrialization

The Fisk Metallic Coffin was known for all of these things except:

Inexpensive

The Attachment Theory, which describes the need for Safety and Security, was developed by:

John Bowlby

Who is known for sketching veins, arteries, etc.?

Leonardo Da Vinci

The goddess of funerals:

Libitina

The Roman head undertaker was known as the:

Libitinarius

due to the fear of pre-mature burial, many early American coffins were designed and patented with a method to alert the living if someone was buried alive

Life Signals

Which statement about the Style 'E' State Casket is NOT true?

Made of Raised Steel

An adjustment process which involves grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life of an individual following a loss or death of someone loved.

Mourning

a professional organization of funeral directors and embalmers organized in 1882; it is the oldest and largest national funeral service organization in the world

National Funeral Directors Association (NFSDA)

a limited membership funeral service organization formed in 1917 on the basis of one member firm per city; now known as Select Independent Funeral Homes (SIFH)

National Selected Morticians(NSM)

the tendency of offspring to move away from the area in which they were born.

Neo-Localism

In terms of the Dying Script this scenario would describe:

None of the Above

Egyptian god of the underworld

Osiris

the father rules the family; power is passed to the oldest male child.

Patriarchal

The common name for a strong irrational fear that is difficult to eliminate is:

Phobia

In Roman law, this person was known as a herald or crier:

Praeco

The person who studied the sanitary conditions concerning burials in England was

Edwin Chadwick

male and female have equal rights, duties and governing power.

Egalitarian

a household or family unit consisting of father and mother, all their children (except married daughters), their son s wives and children (except married daughters).

Extended Family

Blame directed inward is anger.

False

Blame directed outward is guilt.

False

Earth burial was the main mode of final disposition for the early Scandinavians and Germans.

False

Emotional response is often related to an emergency situation.

False

Grief therapy concerns uncomplicated or acute grief.

False

In approximately 1540-1745 the "funeral undertakers" were the sole agency permitted to embalm and perform anatomical dissections in the city of London

False

Independent Heart Burial was done for just about everyone who died during the Middle Ages.

False

The significance of a situation to an individual has little to do with the arousal of emotion.

False

When the devastation from the many plagues was at its worst, the people turned to cremation as an acceptable form of disposition.

False

Thomas Holmes was known as the:

Father of Modern Embalming

patented in 1848 as form-fitting, airtight metallic coffin designed to improve ability to preserve the body; also had a glass plate to allow for viewing of the face

Fisk Metallic Coffin

Which of the following Cars appear SECOND in a Funeral Cortege?

Flower Car

An organized, flexible, purposeful, group-centered, time-limited response to death which reflects reverence, dignity and respect.

Funeral

The burial container from the 19th C that resembles today's steel vault was:

George W. Boyd Burial Case

Blame directed toward one's self based on real or unreal conditions.

Guilt

Which of the following is associated with the Irish?

Holy Water

a funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation.

Humanistic Funeral Rite

any disposition of human remains, which is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition.

Immediate Disposition