Multiple Choice Questions Carrington

Exam I

Grief experienced due to a loss that society deems unworthy of mourning

Disenfranchised grief is defined as:

A tendency to make strong directional bonds with others coming from the need for security and safety

The attachment theory describes:

True

The strengthening, weakening, or questioning of one’s spiritual beliefs are normal grief reactions

Bargaining

Making deals with God is an example of which of Kubler-Ross’s Stages?

False

Perceiving, understanding, and managing your client’s emotions is an unnecessary skill of a successful funeral director

Functionalism

What is the school of psychology concerned with how behavior and mental abilities help people adapt to their environments?

Behaviorism

The study of overt, observable behaviors is the focus of which school of thought in psychology?

Perception of Emotions

Recognizing when you or someone else is feeling angry or depressed is an example of:

Structuralism

What is the school of thought concerned with analyzing sensations and personal experience into basic elements?

Parkinson’s

All of the following are common mental health disorders except:

Autism Spectrum Disorder

In terms of psychology, ASD is the acronym for which of the following?

Mental Illness Stigma

You are in an arrangement conference with a mother and father who just lost their child. The mother seems to be in a daze as she stares blankly at the table. You ask her a question and she does not respond. When you step out of the room, your partner says, “Man, she really needs to snap out of it!” This is an example of which of the following?

Prejudice

A negative attitude towards others based on their gender, religion, race, or membership in a particular group.

True

A key element of social comparison is making judgement about ourselves through comparison with others.

The presence of others

Social facilitation occurs when an individual’s performance improves because of:

Groupthink

A compulsion by member of decision-making groups to maintain agreement even at the cost of critical thinking.

Impropriety

All of the following factors that influence initial attraction to people except:

Al mental health professional (usually a medical doctor) trained to practice psychoanalysis

Which of the following describes a Psychoanalyst?

The ability to perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions

Emotional intelligence is defined as:

Psychology

What is the study of human behavior and mental processes?

Psychoanalysis, Structuralism, Gestalt

Which of the following are schools of thought in psychology?

Psychologist

A person highly trained in the methods, factual knowledge, and theories of psychology is a:

Social Cues

Social Perception is defined as identifying and utilizing _____ to make judgements about social roles, relationships, context, or the characteristics of others.

Social Influence

Your attitude toward affirmative action, euthanasia, environmental groups and politics is likely due to:

Emancipation, Readjustment, Formation

According to Lindemann’s theory regarding grief work, one must complete which of the following steps to cope with loss:

An emotion or set of emotions due to loss

Grief is defined as:

Expression of feelings too deep for words; Framework for group support; Provides values to live by; Acting out ceremonies

Which of the following describes the value of the funeral rite?

Exploration, insight, action

The stages of the helping process are summarized by which of the following:

True

Modifying emotional ties to the deceased is one of the needs of the bereaved.

Geriatric Psychiatry

Funeral service psychology includes all of the following except:

False

As a funeral director, it is your responsibility to pressure the family into having a funeral rite.

Complicated Grief

Grief that interferes with normal functions without progressing towards resolution.

False

Is is not necessary for a funeral director to understand bereavement in order to effectively serve a grieving family.

Stomach Promblems

The following are normal mental responses to grief except:

Bereavement

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

Repression

Which term is defined by the blocking of threatening material from consciousness?

Grief reactions that are excessive and disabling

Exaggerated grief is defined as:

Anger; Nightmares; Guilt; Crying

Which of the following are normal emotional responses to grief?

Thanatophobia

An irrational, exaggerated fear of death.

Counselor; Helper; Grief Support

A funeral director is expected to fill which of the following roles for a grieving family: