Exam 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement

Sandy knows she is going to die in a few months. She seems calm and concerned more about how to help her family deal with her death than with her own mortality. She seems to be disconnecting herself from people and things and at peace. Sandy is most likely in the ____ stage of dying.

Why is it unwise to use euphemisms when explaining death to children?

Researchers often use _____ management theory to understand death anxiety.

In the United States, some tribal rituals include giving a "farewell _______," which involves throwing handfuls of dirt into the grave before covering it.

Death anxiety

The defining element of separation distress during prolonged grief is that it

Frederick learns that he has a progressive muscular disease that is going to end his life within the next two years. The way he copes with his pending death changes drastically when he has to move from his home to a nursing care facility. The ________ theory of dying reminds us that such socio-environmental changes must be considered as we think about the way a person copes with their own death.

One component of ________ issues that most people deal with by purchasing a cemetery plot is planning what will happen with their body after they have died.

The grief work as ________ hypothesis suggests that excessive processing of one's own grief reactions may actually hinder the process of recovering from a loss.

In the dual process model of coping with bereavement, loss-oriented stressors concern the loss itself, such as the grief work that needs to be done.

According to terror management theory, what is the primary motive of human beings?

Imagine you are watching the mourning ritual of a group of Orthodox Jews. Which of the following would you expect to see?

Coping is the aspect of grief that involves what people do to deal with a loss in terms of what helps them.

________ is the practice of ending a person's life for reasons of mercy.

Heather's father just died. One thing she has been doing is talking a lot about the time her father won a big golf tournament. Muller and Thompson (2003) would say that this reflects the ____ theme of the experience of grief.

For an adult in midlife who loses a spouse, how long does it typically take for them to begin transforming their perspectives on the loss?

Before he dies, Juan is checking his insurance, rewriting his will, and making arrangements for his funeral. Juan is dealing with

Every year on August 6ᵗʰ, Racquel gets very sad. She remembers that this is the day on which her brother, Tommie, died of leukemia when he was just a teenager. Even though Racquel is now in her 50s, she never forgets to think about Tommie on this day. This is an example of a(n) ________ reaction.

Which of the following would be most influenced by the culture in which a person lives and grows up?

Compare and contrast the four-component and dual-process models of coping with bereavement. How are they different from the grief work as rumination hypothesis?