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

Indicative voice

Around the 12th Century, Simple grave markers begin to appear as did elaborate effigies. This was part of increasing emphasis on

Individualism

In Erikson's model, the years from six to beginning of puberty correspond to what stage

Industry V. Inferiority

Erickson's model, what period is bodily mutilation and disfigurement one of the death related fears

Initiative V. Guilt

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

How does the separation of civil and criminal Law effect the modern system of justice

Modern law views homicide as an act committed against the state rather than against the individual

A charnel house was

A gallery for bones entrusted to the church

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

Death Anxiety

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

Death Anxiety

What is the fallacy of making judgement about others in terms of one's own cultural assumptions and ideas

Ethnocentrism

Avoiding words like dead or dying, instead of using phrases in which loved ones "pass away" the deceased is "laid to rest" and the corpse is "remains", is an example of

Euphemisms

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

Blood

Humanity received its name from the Latin root word humare, which means to

Bury

In Japanese homes, an alter for honoring deceased relatives and ancestors is called

Butsdan

What is the irreversible process of deterioration in the body's systems and organs

Cellular death

A significant difference between a medical examiner and a corner is that the...

Corner is usually an elected official whereas the medical examiner is usually appointed

What can be defined as "all that in human society which is socially rather than biologically transmitted?"

Culture

The question of a mature understanding of death is part of the developmental process known as

Socialization

According to Kastenbaum, What is defined as "The study of life with death left in"

Thanatology

The first formal course in death education at the american university was held at

University of Minnesota in 1963

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

Vietnam War

When can an autopsy be preformed

When required by law, When the deceased has made a body donation, When the research hospital needs a subject

A "teachable moment" is on e in which

an opportunity for learning arises out of ordinary experiences

Research about Death Anxiety indicates that is tends to be higher among

blacks then whites

Jean Piaget's model of developmental emphasizes

cognitive transformations

Erickson's stages, development depends on significantly on developing a sense of identity and is linked to the individuals

connectedness and independence

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

death notices

According to kellehear's description and social history of dying, the meaning of death

has changed overtime

In traditional societies, whether grief is expressed by loud wails or quiet tears, there is a common tendency to

have a deep respect for the soul of the dead

Children who have had first- hand encounters with death tend to

have a developmentally more mature understanding of death

Historically, death has been ascertained by the absence of

heartbeat and breathing

when asked, " what makes things die?" a child responds, " You can die if you swallow a dirty bug." According to Piaget's theory, what developmental stage is the child in

preoperational

What term refers to the uprooting and restructuring of basic attitudes, values or identities

re socialization

The dance of death

reflects ideas about inevitability of death

What is the largest ongoing community arts project in america

the AIDS Memorial Quilt

A death mask was created

to provide a memento for bereaved survivors

Which of the following is not an example of Holocaust literature

walking skeleton by Richard Shaw

Until the 19th Century, the customary deathbed scene

included family

Regarding a mature concept of death, which of the following best defines socialization

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

One aspect of an "invisible death" is that death is

less part of common experience

In general, Native Americans view death as

a normal part of the life cycle

the story of red riding hood, in Chinese tradition differs from the western version in which way

3 children in the Chinese version work together as a group to kill the wolf

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

30 years

In reviewing death anxiety research, Robert Kastenbaum says that it

Allows individuals to enjoy the illusion that death has been studied

What term is best used to describe African customs such as a prayer, sacrifice or liberation, and other acts of respect shown to decrease members of the community

Ancestor Worship

What is the application of medical knowledge to questions of law

Forensic Pathology

What are the leading causes of death in the US

Heart Disease and Cancer

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

Personification of death

Which of the following are components of a "death system" as described by Robert Kastenbaum

Places, Times, Objects

Erickson's model, what age marks the beginning of the child's moral sense

Preschool and Kindergarten years

By what age do most children understand that death is a changed state

Preschool years

In traditional Hindu households, death is

a communal affair

According to George Gerbner, the "mean world syndrome" describes depictions of the death in the mass media as embedded in a structure of violence that conveys

a heightened sense of danger

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

society

The model of human development devised by Erickson focuses on

stages of psycho social development