Thanatology PSYC 2070 - Final (Exam 4)
- Epilogue Exam Q&A 100% Solved
Thanatology is the study of what? - death and dying
Because few people are to blame for their own deaths, adults tend to fear
what? - unusual events that seem to be random, such as a bystander's
murder
In late adulthood, a...
The term "double effect" refers to? - ✔✔improving quality of life and
hastening death
In the late 1970s, a group of Harvard physicians determined that the
activity of which organ should be used to define death? - ✔✔brain
When, through the cessation of medical interventions, someone is
permitted to die, this is referred to as __________ ____________. -
✔✔passive euthanasia
Where is active euthanasia definitely legal? - ✔✔Belgium, Netherlands, &
Switzerland
What is a health care proxy? - ✔✔a person chosen to make medical
decisions for another person if that person becomes unable to do so
What term refers to the sense of loss following a death? - ✔✔bereavement
Following Jim's death, who is most likely to experience disenfranchised
grief? - ✔✔Karla, his mistress of 30 years
A study of widows and widowers found that almost all _________ their
marriages. - ✔✔idealized
All of the following are ways that death has changed in the past hundred
years EXCEPT:
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