Thanatology correct answers the study of death, dying, and bereavement
bereavement correct answers what happens as a result of experiencing a loss, usually, but not always from death
why do people take a course like this? correct answers come to terms with an unresolved loss
career
fills a ...
Death and Dying Quiz 1 (with solutions)
Thanatology correct answers the study of death, dying, and bereavement
bereavement correct answers what happens as a result of experiencing a loss, usually, but not always from death
why do people take a course like this? correct answers come to terms with an unresolved loss
career
fills a requirement
what is a pall? correct answers cloth covering placed over the casket during a funeral service or a somber mood or tone that pervades a place
Ernest Becker (Denial of Death) correct answers when people cover up the realities of death, they shield themselves from the unpleasant realties but also the poignant truths about life
Sentence from Ben Franklin correct answers nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes
Herman Fiefel (1959) correct answers army air corps during WWII
saw the enola gay take off to unleash the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima
his mother died a decade later in 1952
wrote "The Meaning of Death" one of the first books to spark interest in death education
Death anxiety correct answers fear of death
Elizabeth Kugler-Ross (1969) correct answers a swiss psychiatrist in the US working with terminally ill patients
wrote "On Death and Dying"
taught seminars to medical students on how to listen empathetically to their patients
Robert Fulton (1963) correct answers sociologist
offered the first modern day course on death studies founded in the center for death education (and bioethics)
Forum for Death Education and Counseling (1976) correct answers interdisciplinary association dedicated to the study of death
What does ADEC stand for? correct answers Association for Death Education and Counseling
The overarching goal correct answers helping people achieve a greater understanding
promoting the best possible quality of life for all concerned
death correct answers cessation of life dying correct answers "the process of getting dead" Dr. William Bartholome
Physical Facet correct answers the aspects of material existence that we experience directly with senses.
the human body, survival needs, bodily functions, processes associated with wellness and illness,
and how the body adapts to stress and illness
social facet correct answers all of one's relationships
family, groups, community, culture, social institutions, society
death system correct answers the ideals, values, and practices that shape how we deal with death;
our health care system, laws, and the funeral service industry
culture correct answers everything that is part of the social environment (language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, material objects)
psychological correct answers the entirety of human experience: thinking, feeling, relating and human aspiration
spirituality correct answers the dimension of life that reflects the need to find meaning or connectedness to a universe greater than oneself
Terror Management Theory correct answers research is based off Becker's work around death anxiety human beings share a biological predisposition to self preservation unlike animals, we have the ability to reflect on past and anticipate the future with this self awareness comes awe and dread
awe correct answers at the wonders of life and being alive
dread correct answers as a result of the unsettling awareness that we will age, experience illness, and one day die
How do we deal with dread? correct answers culture- gives people a way of managing the potential terror of death by helping us see ourselves as having enduring experience
self esteem- maintaining a sense of personal worth
TMT- Cultural Conflict correct answers when differing cultures come in contact wit hone another there is a risk they will pose a challenge to one another it can threaten belief in certain truths
this can cause culture clash
5 basic strategies that counter cultural conflict correct answers Convert: change ones worldview
Derogate: belittle the worth of alternative worldview
get others to assimilate: get other to adopts ones own worldview
accommodate: incorporate only the appealing aspects of other worldview
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