Thanatology Quiz 1

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Motivation

The process that initiates, directs and sustains behavior satisfying physiological and psychological needs

Psychiatrist

A medical Dr. who has completed specialized training in the field of mental health, such as a psychiatrics residency

Psychoanalysis

A therapy through which one seeks to bring unconscious desires into consciousness and make it possible to resolve conflicts, which usually date back to early childhood experiences.

Psychologist

Those individuals who have a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology but are not medical Drs

Psychology

The science of human behavior and mental processes

Psycotherapy

Specific psychological technique used to facilitate positive changes in a person’s behaviors personality and adjustment

Self-esteem

The degree of regard a person hold for themselves.

Acute Grief

The intense physical and emotional expression of grief occurring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant

Attachment Theory

The model describing the tendency to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for security and safety

Bereavement

The act or event of separation or loss that results in the experience of the emotion of grief.

Cognition

Study of the origins and consequences of thoughts, memories, beliefs, perceptions, explanations and other mental processes.

Emotional Intellegence

Ability to perceive, use, understand and manage emotions

Emotions

Feelings created by brain patters accompanied by bodily changes

Fear

Strong emotion marked by such reactions as alarm, dread and disquieting

Funeral Service Psychology

The study of human behavior as related to funeral service.

Grief

An emotion or set of emotions due to a loss; an emotion brought about by separation

Grief Work

A set of basic tasks that must be completed for successful mourning to take place.

Mourning

Outward expression of grief; the process of adjustment and adaption to a loss

Personality

A relatively stable system of determining tendencies within an individual; traits that assist in explaining and predicting someone’s behavior.

Thanatology

The study of death, dying and bereavement

Thanatophobia

An irrational, exaggerated fear of death

• Grief

• Bereavement

• Mourning

Classify Mourning Bereavement and grief from into the following

• Emotion

• State of being

• Response

Affect

External expression of emotion

Aggression

The intentional infliction of physical or psychological harm on another

Alarm

Fear or anxiety caused by the sudden realization of danger created by the impact of shock.

Alienation

The state of estrangement an individual facts in social settings that are viewed as foreign, unpredictable or unacceptable.

Anger

A strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism.

Anxiety

Apprehension, dread or uneasiness similar to fear but based on an unclear threat

Blame

To place responsibility for fault or error

Death Anxiety

A learned emotional response to death-related phenomenon which is characterized by extreme apprehension

Defense Mechanisms

An unconscious mental process used to reduce anxiety

Denial

The defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self.

Displacement

Redirecting feelings toward a person or object other that the one who caused the feelings originally.

Frustration

The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the motive satisfaction by some kind of obstacle.

Grief Syndrome

A set of symptoms associated with loss

Guilt

Blame directed toward one’s self

Numbness

The feeling of a bereaved person who has no feelings after the death of a close relative.

Panic

A strong emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear.

Projection

Attribution of one’s unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or behaving to someone else.

Rationalization

Supplying a logical, rational and socially acceptable reason rather than the real reason of an action.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate

Regression

A defense mechanism by which a person retreats to an earlier level of development or to an earlier less demanding habit or situation.

Repression

Unconscious process by which moments, thoughts or impulses are held out of awareness

Shame

Blame that perceived to be directed toward one’s self by others

Shock

The reaction of the body to an event often experienced emotionally as a sudden, violent and upsetting disturbance.

Sublimation

Redirection of emotional energy or unacceptable impulses to culturally or socially useful purposes

Suppresion

A conscious postponement of addressing anxiety and concerns.

Unconscious

Contents of the mind that are beyond awareness, especially impulses and desires not directly known to a person.