ASB 353- Module 2

Studies conducted in the early 1940s by Sylvia Anthony showed that children can give general explanations for death at what age?

9 years old

According to the text, approximately what percentage of Americans are affiliated with areligious tradition?

90%

Which theorist is associated with the developmental model that emphasizes changes in attitudes toward death during different psychosocial stages?

Erik Erikson

Which of the following BEST describes the phrase "medical technology that seems to one person a godsend, extending life, may seem to another a curse"?

The effect of new technology involves personal and social consequences and trade offs.

Which was a turning point in the "medicalization" of death and dying?

WWI

When can an autopsy be performed? (3) a) When required by law b) After consent of the next of kin is obtained c) When the deceased has made a body donation d) When the research hospital needs a subject

a, b, and c.

What does the death certificate do? (3) a) Verifies identification of deceased, b)Affects disposition of property rights, c) Identifies the mode of death d) Aids in crime detection

b, c, and d.

Under the provisions of the National Organ Transplantation Act, it is currently illegal to buy or sell human organs and tissues except:

blood.

The largest area of empirical research in thanatology is concerned with the measurement of attitudes toward death and dying and more particularly

death anxiety.

In traditional Hawaiian culture, mele kanikau may have been carefully composed or spontaneously used

during the funeral procession.

Substitutions of vague words or phrases for ones considered harsh are

euphemisms.

In discussing how people understand death, the term "noncorporeal continuity" refers to the idea that:

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

Which of the following are NOT components of a "death system," as described by Robert Kastenbaum?

regulations.

All of the following tends to be an important influence on the development of children's attitudes toward death EXCEPT:

rising funeral costs.

Epidemiologic transition is BEST defined as the

shift in disease patterns characterized by a redistribution of deaths from the young to the old.

According to your text, El Día de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead, blends Catholic, Spanish, and Indian rituals. This celebration exemplifies an attitude toward death that

views death in an open, humorous, ironic manner.

Which of the following items is NOT matched correctly?

voluntary manslaughter: the killing of another human being in performance of a public duty.

LoDagaa use of "mourning restraints"

indicates degree of relationship of the bereaved to the deceased.

In traditional Hindu households, death is _________

a communal affair.

Neanderthal dead were sometimes buried with food, ornamental shells, and stone implement implying

belief that the deceased would have further use for these items.