Psych Final Exam (Part 2/3)

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According to Karl Menninger, individuals who harm themselves by means of drugs, alcohol, smoking, or reckless driving are effectively dying by

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Chronic suicide

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Which of the following are considered risk factors that influence suicidal behaviors?

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1. Culture 2. Personality 4. Individual situation

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Within the "intentioned death" category of death-related behaviors, a death seeker is someone who

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Wishes to end consciousness and commits a suicidal act in such a way that rescue is unlikely

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Within the "subintentioned death" category of death-related behavior, a death facilitator is someone who

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Offers little resistance to death, making it easy for death to occur

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Which of the following statements best describes unintentioned death?

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Death in which the decedent plays no significant causative role

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What term applies to the influence of suggestion on suicidal behavior?

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Werther-effect

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Brian Barry's description of pro-life forces includes all of the following EXCEPT

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A belief that problems are inherently unsolvable

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In the Romantic view, death is viewed as

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Attractive and to be courted

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In what year were there more deaths in the military from suicide than from combat?

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2012

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What profession in the United States loses, on average, as many as 400 people to suicide each year?

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Physicians

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Social disruption, family problems, and substance abuse are all factors in suicidal behavior of which of the following age groups?

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Adolescence and young adulthood

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An arrangement wherein two or more individuals determine to kill themselves at the same time and usually at the same place is known as a

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Suicide pact

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All of the following are factors influencing suicide among middle-aged adults EXCEPT

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Testing limits

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Among what age group do double suicides occur with greatest frequency?

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Elderly

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Of the individuals who die by suicide, approximately how many write a final message?

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1 in 6

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In the United States, the earliest noteworthy example of a suicide prevention center was in

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Los Angeles

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In carrying out their mission, suicide prevention centers and crisis hotlines use

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Crisis intervention strategies

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Which of the following categories best describes community programs that emphasize short-term treatment of persons who are actively experiencing a suicidal crisis?

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Suicide intervention programs

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In relation to suicide, the term postvention refers to

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Assistance given to all survivors of suicide

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If a person says, "A life without love is a life without meaning," in which of the following ways is suicidal intent being communicated?

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Verbal indirect

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What is the term used for encounters with death where massive loss of life typically occurs?

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Mega death

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Accidents are usually defined as

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Events that occur by chance or from unknown causes

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When a person is killed due to the negligence and misconduct of another person, company or entity, it is a/an

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Wrongful death

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In Japan, karoshi is

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Sudden death from overwork

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When behavior involves doing dangerous things just for the thrill of it, it may represent

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An attempt to deny fear or anxiety about death

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The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 triggered a massive tsunami causing significant damage to Japan's

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Nuclear reactors

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The scale of the Great Sichuan Earthquake prompted the Chinese government to

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Dispose of the bodies with little ceremony

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After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a Senate investigation reported a failure of government at all levels to plan, prepare for and

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Respond aggressively to the storm

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In the wake of a disaster, the survivors may experience a/an __________ marked by a profound sense of emptiness and despair.

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Existential crisis

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Among the first steps to be taken in responding to a disaster are a set of core actions collectively defined as

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Psychological first aid

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Which of the following percentages reflects the approximate frequency with which a firearm is used in all murders?

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66 percent

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Interpersonal violence

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Is a public health problem

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The most threatening of violent acts are those that occur without apparent cause and when the victim is

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Selected seemingly at random

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Serial killers

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Take the lives of several victims over a span of time

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Regarding familicide, some experts find that

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Men are more likely to kill both their children and their spouse

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What is the killing of one's child or children referred to?

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Filicide

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The term psychic maneuver is used to describe

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Factors that facilitate homicidal acts

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Which of the following are examples of a "psychic maneuver" that promotes violence?

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1. Perceiving people as objects or as less than human 2. Seeing oneself as debased or worthless 3. Encouraging a person to feel above the law

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Which of the following "factors favoring violence" applies to the situation in which a person attempts to escape responsibility by blaming someone else?

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“I was just carrying out orders”

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Studies show violence is reduced when

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Residents work together to create a safe and orderly environment

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Which of the following abrogates, or nullifies, conventional sanctions against killing by substituting a different set of conventions and rules about moral conduct?

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War

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Dalton Trumbo's story, Johnny Got His Gun, was

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A classic anti war novel

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What is the most characteristic feature of the modern war machine?

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Technological alienation

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A characteristic self-protective human response to mass death and carnage is

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Psychic numbing

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According to studies by the International Red Cross, what percentage of casualties in modern warfare are civilians rather than military combatants?

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90 %

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The characteristic self-protective psychological response of becoming insensitive and unfeeling is termed

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Psychic numbing

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According to Arnold Toynbee, one of the conventions of warfare that turns civilians into soldiers is

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Dressing the part

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In combat situations, most soldiers are motivated to fight because of their

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Will to survive

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is best described as

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The distressing symptoms experienced by some veterans of warfare

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What is considered the "signature injury" of recent wars?

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Traumatic brain injuries

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Family and friends who "serve invisibly at home" while loved ones are at war are referred to as a

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Phantom army

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War creates a "phantom army" composed of

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Spouses, children, and parents who serve invisibly at home

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In his classic work, On War, Karl von Clausewitz defined war as

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The continuation of political policy by other means

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The media's ambiguity and uncertainty about the actual death toll during a war is

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An effort to generate public support for war

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Genocide involves efforts to

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Destroy an entire national or political group

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The systematic effort to destroy an entire national or cultural group is called

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Genocide

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Autogenocide is

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A group’s killing of its own people

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The aim of terrorism is to

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Destroy the sense of security people normally feel in familiar places

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. In achieving their goals, terrorists often rely on the __________ whereby their actions are broadcast through the media to a much larger audience than merely the one in the location where the event occurs, thus giving their acts greater significance.

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Amplification effect

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Which of the following media played an especially vital role in the exchange of information, including a survivor registry, following the World Trade Center attack on September 11?

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Internet

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Aaron Beck describes terrorists as

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Prisoners of hate

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What is a rapidly spreading disease or condition?

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Epidemic

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What is the most AIDS affected region in the world?

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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In recent years the greatest impact of AIDS in the United States has been among

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Hispanics and African Americans

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In parts of the world other than the United States, AIDS is transmitted primarily through

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Heterosexual contact

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"The desire for immortality has its own pitfalls" is a message communicated in a

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Chinese folktale

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The message communicated in the Chinese folk tale, The Mortal King, is that

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The desire for immortality has its pitfalls

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According to Thomas Attig, coming to terms with our finiteness and mortality can be understood as a

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Grieving process

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Which of the following advantages are gained by studying death and dying?

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1. It can focus attention on the importance of taking care of unfinished business. 2. It helps individuals dissipate feelings of guilt or blame about a loved one's death. 4. It allows opportunities to explore unexpressed and unresolved grief.

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The study of death and dying

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Can be academically intriguing

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Some of the "lessons taught" in death studies are still based on

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Middle-class white population

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Which of the following groups is underrepresented in resource materials commonly used in death education courses?

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Ethnic groups and minorities

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Heritage is best understood by exploring cultural associations, social class, and

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Spirituality

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The process by which individuals and systems respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, languages, backgrounds, and other diversity factors in a manner that recognizes, affirms, and values the worth of others and protects and preserves the dignity of each is cultural

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Competence

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Although death is fundamentally a __________ fact, socially shaped ideas and assumptions create its meaning.

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Biological

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Fritz Roth's suitcase exhibit was essentially about

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Personal mortality

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According to Dolores Dooley, the Republic of Ireland has been engaged in

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A national conversation about death and the process of dying

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In Italy, Francesco Campione began an organization, Projecto Rivivere, that uses the Internet to

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Help children with death and bereavement

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Although Australia is familiar with natural disasters, what event occurred to initiate the formalizing of death education and coordinated services?

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1977 Granville train disaster

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In which country does the name of the primary death education organization translate as "The Association for Thinking about Life and Death?"

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Japan

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According to John Jordan, what is the bridge over which empirical findings in thanatology can cross into the world of the practitioner?

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Theory

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According to David Balk, bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners requires

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Dynamic exchange between theory and practice that makes research a useful form of gaining knowledge

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"Compassionate cities," a term coined by Allan Kellehear, denotes a model of public health that encourages

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Community participation in end-of-life care

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What is an innovative public health program that recognizes the need for community involvement, commitment, and consideration of death as a fact of life?

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Compassionate cities

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Which of the following are defining characteristics of a "compassionate city?"

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1. A strong commitment to social and cultural differences 3. Meets special needs of the aged, those living with life threatening illness, and those living with loss 4. Preserves and promotes spiritual traditions and storytellers

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Herman Feifel is quoted as saying that the death awareness movement has

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Helped humanize medical relationships and health care

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In commenting on the messages of care for the dying promoted by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Dame Cicely Saunders, and Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Robert Fulton and Greg Owen remark that this message is also about

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Essential religious and spiritual values that extend beyond the immediate goal of care for the dying

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The "Get Rolling Stone until you die" advertisement is used in the text to make the point that

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Death imagery exists in the media

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The shoe advertisement shown in the text illustrates

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Death imagery in advertising design

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What is a potential downside of humanizing death and dying?

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It may minimize and devalue death

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In considering various ways of defining a "good death," which of the following statements about ancient Greece is true?

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Dying at a young age was considered exceptional luck, whereas i our society it is considered a misfortune

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In ancient Greece, it was considered exceptional luck to die

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Young, in the fullness of one’s creative energies

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According to Robert Kastenbaum, which of the following constitutes the good death?

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1. It affirms significant personal relationships. 2. It is transfiguring and enacts the highest values. 4. It is coherent and the final phase of a good life.

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One component of a "good death" is the affirmation of the whole person. This involves

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Seeing the dying person not as a disease but in the context of his or her life

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An alternative way of defining a good death has been offered by Stu Farber and his colleagues. They propose the term __________ death and define it as a nonjudgmental relationship emphasizing the mutuality of caregivers and patients.

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Respectful

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Which of the following are included in the concept of an appropriate death?

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1. Minimal pain and suffering 2. Respecting one's preferences 3. Resolving conflicts

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According to Avery Weisman, what is the first step required in order to achieve an appropriate death?

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Rid ourselves of the notion that death is never appropriate

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Natural, expected, honorable, and rueful are among the "criteria for a good death" suggested by

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Edwin Shneidman

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Edwin Shneidman suggests that the good death focuses not just on the person's dying, but also on the

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The person’s post-self

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What is the term used for individuals who live beyond 100 years?

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Centenarians

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In contemplating death in the future, which of the following is likely to demand the greatest attention from individuals and societies?

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Older population