Death & Dying Exam 1
Which of the following best defines socialization?
Learning and internalizing the norms, rules, and values of the society in which a person lives
How does the separation of civil and criminal law affect the modern system of justice?
Modern law views crime as acts committed against the state rather than as acts committed against individuals.
The largest area of empirical research in thanatology is concerned with the measurement of attitudes toward death and dying and more particularly
Death Anxiety
Which theorist is associated with the developmental model that emphasizes changes in attitudes toward death during different psychosocial stages
Erik Erikson
A child's mature understanding of death is seen as a single unidimensional concept. T or F?
False
Encounters with violent death do not alter a child's understanding of death. T or F?
False
People who describe themselves as religious suffer more death anxiety than their non-religious counterparts. T or F?
False
A significant difference between a medical examiner and a coroner is that the
Coroners are elected officials; medical examiners are usually appointed. Medical examiners are qualified medical doctors with advanced training in forensic pathology
Family has a large impact on a child's understanding of death. T or F?
True
Homicide is separated into two categories, criminal and non-criminal. T or F?
True
In American blues music, themes of loss, separation, and tribulation are rarely heard. T or F?
True
Intermingling of the generations was normal part of daily life in earlier times. T or F?
True
Teachable moments are opportunities or interactions for learning about death that are unexpected or unplanned. T or F?
True
There is currently a shortage of organs for transplant. T or F?
True
This class meets on T/TH at 12:00. T or F?
True
Under what circumstances would the irreversible loss of flow of vital fluids approach to defining death be unclear?
When a patient's vital functions are artificially sustained by machines
Discuss the death penalty. How do you feel about the death penalty? How can it influence our development of concept of death?
a person is killed by the state as a punishment for a crime.
What is an irreversible process of deterioration in the body's systems and organs?
cellular death
Themes of loss and death are heard in
classical music, American blues, laments, etc.
The largest area of empirical research in thanatology is concerned with the measurement of attitudes towards death & dying, more particularly
death anxiety
Does not influence our familiarity with death
delegating to professionals???
Which of the following is NOT a way in which humor functions relative to death?
discourages empathy
Avoiding words like dead or dying, instead using phases in which loved ones "pass away", the decreased in "laid to rest" and the corpse is remains", is an example of
euphemism
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
Does NOT affect our familiarity w death
political decision making
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
By what age do most children understand that death is a changed state?
preschool years
the coffin bell-pull device was invented to
prevent premature burials
When disasters involve traumatic death, goals include
reducing distress, restoring function, minimizing recovery time
A mature concept of death includes an understanding of all of the following EXCEPT
reversibility
Tends NOT to be an important influence of the development of children's attitudes towards death
rising funeral costs
Except when required by law, an autopsy can be performed only after
the next of kin's consent
The most important legal procedure following a death is considered to be the
the official registration of death
Lullabies and nursery rhymes often contains
themes of death and violence.
NOT included in Veatch's four approach to defining and determining death?
irreversible loss of communication with a higher spirit
A person who kills a member of his or her family is usually judged by society to be
less threatening
Research indicates thats capital punishment is
not an effective deterrent to murder
A person who kills a member of his or her family is usually judged by society to be
not as threatening as killing a stranger
Deaths of the famous are likely to be announced on the newspaper's front page as well as via feature-length
obituaries.
Approximately how much has the average life expectancy in the United States increased since 1900?
30 years
Regarding a mature concept of death, which of the following is true about universality?
All living things must eventually die
When asked, "what makes things die?" a child responds, "you can die if you swallow a dirty bug". According to parents Piaget's theory, this child is probably in which developmental stage?
Preoperational
The acquisition of a mature understanding of death is part of the development process known as
socialization