Question 1

In what culture does a person "die" several times before actually experiencing death?

Accepted Answer

A)  European 
B)  South Pacific 
C)  North American 
D)  Asian 
A)  European 
B)  South Pacific 
C)  North American 
D)  Asian B

Question 2

Beverly's husband died in Afghanistan. According to Derman (2000), for approximately how long will it take for Beverly's grief to diminish?

Accepted Answer

A)  6 months 
B)  1-2 years 
C)  3-5 years 
D)  5-10 years 
A)  6 months 
B)  1-2 years 
C)  3-5 years 
D)  5-10 years D

Question 3

Who is most likely to undergo a change in their sense of time, from an emphasis on how long they have lived already to how long they have left to live?

Accepted Answer

A)  adolescents 
B)  young adults 
C)  middle-aged adults 
D)  older adults 
A)  adolescents 
B)  young adults 
C)  middle-aged adults 
D)  older adults C

Question 4

With regard to her theory, Kübler-Ross would agree with which one of the following possibilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  All individuals do experience all of the stages of dying. 
B)  Some individuals go through the stages of dying in a different order. 
C)  Individuals progress through stages at the same rate of time. 
D)  Only a small number of individuals may have different emotional responses. 
A)  All individuals do experience all of the stages of dying. 
B)  Some individuals go through the stages of dying in a different order. 
C)  Individuals progress through stages at the same rate of time. 
D)  Only a small number of individuals may have different emotional responses.

Question 5

Death anxiety would likely be the lowest for

Accepted Answer

A)  Sally, who is 80 years old 
B)  Jesse, who is 45 years old 
C)  Rikki, who is 30 years old 
D)  Lake, who is 21 years old 
A)  Sally, who is 80 years old 
B)  Jesse, who is 45 years old 
C)  Rikki, who is 30 years old 
D)  Lake, who is 21 years old

Question 6

What is the most likely complaint of a hospice client?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Everyone is too worried about my pain and not worried enough about my religious beliefs." 
B)  "Why is the hospice movement against dying at home?" 
C)  "Why is my family discouraged from seeing me?" 
D)  "How come I have to have a life expectancy of at least six months to qualify for this service?" 
A)  "Everyone is too worried about my pain and not worried enough about my religious beliefs." 
B)  "Why is the hospice movement against dying at home?" 
C)  "Why is my family discouraged from seeing me?" 
D)  "How come I have to have a life expectancy of at least six months to qualify for this service?"

Question 7

How is the hospice philosophy best summarized?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Prevent death at all costs." 
B)  "Promote death with dignity." 
C)  "Die a natural, pain-relief free death." 
D)  "Everyone should die at home." 
A)  "Prevent death at all costs." 
B)  "Promote death with dignity." 
C)  "Die a natural, pain-relief free death." 
D)  "Everyone should die at home."

Question 8

Barry's brother died on July 1. Now, on every July 1, Barry gets very sad and thinks about his dead brother. What is Barry experiencing?

Accepted Answer

A)  an anniversary reaction 
B)  an anticipatory reaction 
C)  an abnormal reaction 
D)  a passive reaction 
A)  an anniversary reaction 
B)  an anticipatory reaction 
C)  an abnormal reaction 
D)  a passive reaction

Question 9

Alice is terminally ill. She is being sent to an institution that provides special support for people who are dying and their families. Where is Alice most likely going?

Accepted Answer

A)  to a skilled-care nursing home 
B)  to a hospital 
C)  to a hospice 
D)  to an intermediate-care nursing home 
A)  to a skilled-care nursing home 
B)  to a hospital 
C)  to a hospice 
D)  to an intermediate-care nursing home

Question 10

Which of the following is one of the components in the four-component model of the grieving process?

Accepted Answer

A)  time of the loss and age of the deceased 
B)  restoration-oriented stressors 
C)  continuation of subjective meaning associated with the loss 
D)  loss-oriented stressors 
A)  time of the loss and age of the deceased 
B)  restoration-oriented stressors 
C)  continuation of subjective meaning associated with the loss 
D)  loss-oriented stressors

Question 11

Which comment would have most likely come from a concrete operational thinker?

Accepted Answer

A)  "I am not going to die because I sleep under the covers where the Bogeyman can't get me." 
B)  "Grandpa is dead, but he'll come to visit us next week." 
C)  "Even though I can't imagine what death is like, it must be wonderful." 
D)  "When you're dead, you're dead." 
A)  "I am not going to die because I sleep under the covers where the Bogeyman can't get me." 
B)  "Grandpa is dead, but he'll come to visit us next week." 
C)  "Even though I can't imagine what death is like, it must be wonderful." 
D)  "When you're dead, you're dead."

Question 12

Jensen is dying. She is explaining to her family that she would like to spend her last days alone in her country home with just her husband. What do these arrangements exemplify?

Accepted Answer

A)  a hospice 
B)  denial 
C)  death anxiety 
D)  a final scenario 
A)  a hospice 
B)  denial 
C)  death anxiety 
D)  a final scenario

Question 13

What do we call the feelings that arise after someone near us dies?

Accepted Answer

A)  mourning 
B)  grief 
C)  docility 
D)  bereavement 
A)  mourning 
B)  grief 
C)  docility 
D)  bereavement

Question 14

Which of the following is the best advice for an individual trying to overcome grief?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strengthen ties to the deceased. 
B)  Repress the loss. 
C)  Express the emotions you feel. 
D)  Adopt ways of living that are identical to those used when the deceased was still alive. 
A)  Strengthen ties to the deceased. 
B)  Repress the loss. 
C)  Express the emotions you feel. 
D)  Adopt ways of living that are identical to those used when the deceased was still alive.

Question 15

What is most likely to help Anita recover from the loss of her spouse?

Accepted Answer

A)  having many acquaintances 
B)  feeling supported by friends and confidants 
C)  being a member of a large family 
D)  social withdrawal 
A)  having many acquaintances 
B)  feeling supported by friends and confidants 
C)  being a member of a large family 
D)  social withdrawal

Question 16

In her attempt to fight for the right to physician-assisted suicide, what did Sue Rodriguez do?

Accepted Answer

A)  She challenged doctors and nurses to help others who wanted the right to die with dignity. 
B)  She challenged section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 
C)  She challenged the constitutionality of the Canadian Criminal Code. 
D)  She challenged Members of Parliament to attend an assisted suicide. 
A)  She challenged doctors and nurses to help others who wanted the right to die with dignity. 
B)  She challenged section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 
C)  She challenged the constitutionality of the Canadian Criminal Code. 
D)  She challenged Members of Parliament to attend an assisted suicide.

Question 17

When do most people have their first realistic confrontation with death?

Accepted Answer

A)  when they are children, in response to the death of a pet 
B)  when they are an adolescent, in response to the death of a friend 
C)  when they are a young adult, in response to the death of a spouse 
D)  when they are a middle-aged adult, in response to the death of a parent 
A)  when they are children, in response to the death of a pet 
B)  when they are an adolescent, in response to the death of a friend 
C)  when they are a young adult, in response to the death of a spouse 
D)  when they are a middle-aged adult, in response to the death of a parent

Question 18

In terms of grieving, what do most people believe about it?

Accepted Answer

A)  The grieving period is much shorter than they believe it to be. 
B)  The grieving period is easier than they believe it to be. 
C)  The grieving period is less complex than they believe it to be. 
D)  The grieving period is longer than they believe it to be. 
A)  The grieving period is much shorter than they believe it to be. 
B)  The grieving period is easier than they believe it to be. 
C)  The grieving period is less complex than they believe it to be. 
D)  The grieving period is longer than they believe it to be.

Question 19

Lack of blinking in response to touching the cornea is one of the criteria used to determine which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  clinical death 
B)  vegetative state 
C)  brain death 
D)  sensory adaptation 
A)  clinical death 
B)  vegetative state 
C)  brain death 
D)  sensory adaptation

Question 20

What is an example of a bioethical question concerning euthanasia?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Should physicians be permitted to give out information that would help a patient die more quickly?" 
B)  "How do lethal injections of medications kill?" 
C)  "What sort of funeral service should be held for the person who is killed?" 
D)  "How many people commit suicide in Canada each year?" 
A)  "Should physicians be permitted to give out information that would help a patient die more quickly?" 
B)  "How do lethal injections of medications kill?" 
C)  "What sort of funeral service should be held for the person who is killed?" 
D)  "How many people commit suicide in Canada each year?"

In what culture does a person "die" several times before actually experiencing death?

Beverly's husband died in Afghanistan. According to Derman (2000), for approximately how long will it take for Beverly's grief to diminish?

Who is most likely to undergo a change in their sense of time, from an emphasis on how long they have lived already to how long they have left to live?

With regard to her theory, Kübler-Ross would agree with which one of the following possibilities?

Death anxiety would likely be the lowest for

What is the most likely complaint of a hospice client?

How is the hospice philosophy best summarized?

Barry's brother died on July 1. Now, on every July 1, Barry gets very sad and thinks about his dead brother. What is Barry experiencing?

Alice is terminally ill. She is being sent to an institution that provides special support for people who are dying and their families. Where is Alice most likely going?

Which of the following is one of the components in the four-component model of the grieving process?

Which comment would have most likely come from a concrete operational thinker?

Jensen is dying. She is explaining to her family that she would like to spend her last days alone in her country home with just her husband. What do these arrangements exemplify?

What do we call the feelings that arise after someone near us dies?

Which of the following is the best advice for an individual trying to overcome grief?

What is most likely to help Anita recover from the loss of her spouse?

In her attempt to fight for the right to physician-assisted suicide, what did Sue Rodriguez do?

When do most people have their first realistic confrontation with death?

In terms of grieving, what do most people believe about it?

Lack of blinking in response to touching the cornea is one of the criteria used to determine which of the following?

What is an example of a bioethical question concerning euthanasia?

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Exam 17: The Final Passage

In what culture does a person "die" several times before actually experiencing death?

Beverly's husband died in Afghanistan. According to Derman (2000), for approximately how long will it take for Beverly's grief to diminish?

Who is most likely to undergo a change in their sense of time, from an emphasis on how long they have lived already to how long they have left to live?

With regard to her theory, Kübler-Ross would agree with which one of the following possibilities?

Death anxiety would likely be the lowest for

What is the most likely complaint of a hospice client?

How is the hospice philosophy best summarized?

Barry's brother died on July 1. Now, on every July 1, Barry gets very sad and thinks about his dead brother. What is Barry experiencing?

Alice is terminally ill. She is being sent to an institution that provides special support for people who are dying and their families. Where is Alice most likely going?

Which of the following is one of the components in the four-component model of the grieving process?

Which comment would have most likely come from a concrete operational thinker?

Jensen is dying. She is explaining to her family that she would like to spend her last days alone in her country home with just her husband. What do these arrangements exemplify?

What do we call the feelings that arise after someone near us dies?

Which of the following is the best advice for an individual trying to overcome grief?

What is most likely to help Anita recover from the loss of her spouse?

In her attempt to fight for the right to physician-assisted suicide, what did Sue Rodriguez do?

When do most people have their first realistic confrontation with death?

In terms of grieving, what do most people believe about it?

Lack of blinking in response to touching the cornea is one of the criteria used to determine which of the following?

What is an example of a bioethical question concerning euthanasia?

The Study of Human Development

Biological Foundations

Tools for Exploring the World

Entering the Social World

Growing and Learning in the Preschool Years

Interacting and the Work of Play

Off to School

Expanding Social Horizons

Rites of Passage

Moving into the Adult Social World

Becoming an Adult

Being with Others

Work and Leisure

Making It in Midlife

The Personal Context of Later Life

Social Aspects of Later Life

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