PSY 456 CH.2

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

socialization.

Which of the following best defines socialization?

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

What subcomponent of universality makes explicit the understanding not only that all living things die but also that each living thing will die?

Personal mortality

When asked, "What makes things die?" a child responds, "You can die if you swallow a dirty bug." According to Piaget's theory, this child is probably in which developmental stage?

Preoperational

In Erickson's model, approximately 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

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

Resocialization

__________ refers to strategies used to informally teach people about death and dying, involving an effort to change people's perceptions and behaviors.

Tactical socialization

According to Piaget, we construct our knowledge based on what we already know.

True

Personal mortality is a subcomponent of universality.

True

A "teachable moment" is one in which

an opportunity for learning arises out of ordinary experiences.

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

have a developmentally more mature understanding of death.

While more young people than ever claim no religion, there seems to be a growing interest in

spirituality.

The model of human development devised by Erikson focuses on

stages of psychosocial development.

Lullabies and nursery rhymes often contain

themes of death and violence.

A mature concept of death involves 1. universality. 2. irreversibility. 3. empiricism. 4. causality.

1, 2, and 4

Agents of socialization include 1. family and peers. 2. school. 3. employers. 4. religion.

1, 2, and 4

Which of the following is an example of resocialization?

Getting married

The story of Little Red Riding Hood in Chinese tradition differs from the Western version in which of the following ways?

The three children in the Chinese version work together as a group to kill the wolf.

Jean Piaget's model of development emphasizes

cognitive transformations.