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HDFS 2300 Exam 4/Final questions withcorrect answers
all loses can alter: death - correct answer ✔✔family's developmental course and require adjustments in
the families’ strategies
death of a family member: - correct answer ✔✔-affects each family member in a unique and individual
manner; there is no one way to mourn the death of a loved one
-reverberates throughout the entire family system, altering the family's structure, organization, and
interactions
-requires the family to manage a number of additional tasks along with the ones it is already addressing
non-normative ages at time of death can - correct answer ✔✔-cause increased stress on the family
family tasks in response to death: - correct answer ✔✔1-Shared acknowledgment of the reality of the
death
2-Shared experience of the pain of grief
3-Reorganization of the family system
4-Reinvestment in other relationships and life pursuits
1-Shared acknowledgment of the reality of the death - correct answer ✔✔Sharing of clear information
about the death, participation in funeral and burial services, visits by family members to the grave,
answering children's questions
2-Shared experience of the pain of grief - correct answer ✔✔Acceptance of family member's pain and
grief, tolerance for a wide range of emotions, tolerance for different coping strategies, etc.
, 3-Reorganization of the family system - correct answer ✔✔Reorganization of family's basic tasks
(maintenance, identity, boundaries, emotional climate); roles of the deceased must be reassigned to
other family members
4-Reinvestment in other relationships and life pursuits - correct answer ✔✔Gradual and eventual ability
to reinvest in other relationships and life pursuits; mourning generally lasts one to two years for close
family members, and new seasons/holidays can rekindle feelings of loss
factors mediating the family systems response to death - correct answer ✔✔1-The nature of the death
2-The position of the deceased in the family
3-The family's history of losses
4-The openness and adaptability of the family system
5-The family's cultural and religious context
6-The timing of the death
1- the nature of the death - correct answer ✔✔-unexpected death
-reasons for the death
was the death unexpected - correct answer ✔✔Unexpected deaths are generally more stressful than
expected deaths, as there are no opportunities to engage in anticipatory mourning
Intensity and duration of grief tend to be greater with unexpected deaths
With expected deaths, family members can deal with the eventual death through a series of smaller
losses and can prepare for the death
what are the reasons for the death - correct answer ✔✔Family members may experience a more difficult
time grieving if the circumstances surrounding the death are controversial (i.e. a stigmatizing illness,
suicide, a car accident caused by family member's drunk driving, etc.)
These circumstances often provoke feelings of shame, guilt, and anger.
2-the position of the deceased within the family - correct answer ✔✔Each death involves many losses;
the deceased family member was likely many different things to many people (husband/wife,
brother/sister, son/daughter, aunt/uncle, friend, etc.)
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