Lifespan Chapter 19

When faced with impending death, what group would most likely want to spend time with loved ones?

Mexican Americans

How does thinking about time change in middle adulthood?

Thinking in terms of time until death rather than time since birth

Lowell has just lost his wife to cancer. He dreams of her often and even thinks he sees her at the store. He cries frequently. In which stage of grief is Lowell, according to Bowlby?

Yearning

Charles has recently learned he is terminally ill. He has since begun to lash out at his family. Kübler-Ross would suggest that this behavior can be explained by:

a loss of control and sense of helplessness

What would be the most likely response if a young adult were asked how she would want to spend the remaining months of her life?

"I would spend time traveling and having adventures with my family and friends."

What are patterns of grieving identified by Wortman and Silver?

- chronic - delayed - absent

What is an accurate statement about sex differences in widowhood?

- suicidal thoughts are more common in widowers than widows - in the early months of widowhood, men are more likely to die from either natural causes or suicide - research reveals that widowers withdraw from social activities to a greater degree than widows do in the early months of bereavement.

How does Jacob's model of grieving differ from those proposed by the other theorists in your text?

At any given moment many different emotions/themes may be present.

What are the stages of grief proposed by Bowlby?

- Disorganization and despair - Yearning - Numbness

What are the stages of grief, proposed by Catherine Sanders?

- Healing and renewal - Awareness of loss - Conservation/withdrawal

Which form of death has occurred in circumstances where rescue is still possible even though there is no evidence of brain function, the heart has stopped and breathing has stopped?

Clinical death

One of your employees has just lost his spouse. What can you do to assist your employee and benefit yourself and your business in the long-run?

Give him sufficient time off to sufficiently grieve.

What would a child younger than 5 years of age understand or believe about death?

That death is reversible

What term explains a young adult's belief that she is too lucky to die, even though she knows that death can happen to other people?

Unique invulnerability

What factor(s) contribute to adolescent suicidal behavior?

Unrealistic ideas about personal death

What does research suggest is the most difficult death (person who died) to recover from?

death of a spouse

What concept did Freud believe to be most useful for coping with death and grief?

defense mechanisms

According to Kübler-Ross, what is the purpose of reactions such as denial or bargaining?

defense mechanisms that aid the person in coping with the reality of impending death

When an individual rejects evidence about a diagnosis and/or insists that surgery was just precautionary, Greer and others suggest this is

denial (positive avoidance)

What is an approach to caring for the terminally ill that focuses on individual and family control over the process of dying?

hospice care

In the US and other industrialized countries, where do most adults die?

hospitals

What answer would be typical of a young adult when asked to estimate their life expectancy?

overestimate

Which type of care focuses on relieving a terminally ill patient's pain, rather than curing the illness?

palliative

What is thanatology?

the scientific study of death and dying