Death and Dying chapter 1

After someone dies, conversations about that person move from present to past tense.This form of speech is called

Indicative voice

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

Death Anxiety

What has been characterized as the largest area of empirical research in thanalogy?

Death anxiety

Brief standardized printed statements following death of an average citizen are called

Death notice

Avoiding words like dead or dying,instead of using phrase in which loves one " pass away" the deceased is "laid to rest" and the corpse is " remain" is an example of

Euphermisms

Research about death anxiety indicates that it tend to be higher among

Blacks than whites

In literature,the meaning of death is often explored as it relates to the individual as well as

Society

According to Kastenbaum what is define as " the study of life with death left in"

Thanatology

What is the largest ongoing community arts project in America

The AIDS memorial Quilt

The first formal course in death education at the American University was held at

University of Minnesota in 1963

Media experts say that " reality violence" on TV news began with coverage of the

Vietnam War

Which of the following is NOT an example of Holocaust literature

Walking Skeleton by Richard Shaw

Even when curative treatments have ended, the effort to control circumstances around death and dying so that it comes out "right" is termed

managed death

Approximately how much has the average life expectancy in the United States increased since 1900

30 years

In reviewing death anxiety research Robert Kastenbaum say that it

Allow individual to enjoy the illusion that death has been studied

What are the leading causes of death in the United States?

Heart disease and Cancer

Thanatos,from Greek mythology is generally understood as a response to___________

Personification of death

According to George Gerber, the "mean world syndrome" describe depiction of death in mass media as embedded in a structure of violence that conveys

a heighten sense of danger