UBC PSYCH 208 Midterm 1

Mortality Salience

the awareness by an individual that his or her death is inevitable

state

"I fear death"

process

"I am afraid to die"

Death Acceptance

a 'giving in' and realizing of the inevitability of death

Approach-Oriented Death Acceptance

People with this attitude feel truly positive about death and may even look forward to its occurrence

Escape-Oriented Death Acceptance

People with this attitude welcome the end of life and view death as an escape from pain and suffering

Neutral Death Acceptance

People with this attitude accept the inevitability of death; they neither look forward to it nor fear its occurrence

negative

Research has found a small (positive or negative?) correlation between death anxiety and death acceptance

Transgenerational Trauma

Historical traumas have had lasting effects on communities still felt today

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

created the Stages of Grief

Bargaining

shortest stage of Kubler-Ross model

Depression

longest stage of the Kubler-Ross model

Shneidman

proposed the levels of "death work" that a dying person must work through

Delirium

a condition of severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function, often the result of physical or mental illness; final stage of dying; looks like dementia

Near Death Experience

involved a variety of sensations reported by people who have died and been brought back to life, and by people who have come close to death

Edgework

behaviour that explores the limits of safety and convention; voluntary risk-taking

Reminiscence

the process of recollecting one's past experiences and life events

Life Review

return of memories and past conflicts at end of life; spontaneous of structured evaluation/reconciliation of one's life

Generativity

a concern for establishing and guiding the next generation; vs stagnation (Erikson)

Symbolic Immortality

-a sense of leaving behind a legacy, passing along wisdom to the next generation

-leaving an impact on the next generation

-"MAKING A DIFFERENCE"

Religiosity

-organized system of beliefs/practices/rituals/symbols

-DIFFERENT FROM SPIRITUALITY

Extrinsic Religiosity

external and self-serving motivation; based on guilt, fear, social pressures; can be detrimental to health

Intrinsic Religiosity

internalized and altruistic motivation; goal of developing meaning/purpose

Spirituality

a personal quest for understanding answers to ultimate questions about life, about meaning, and about relationship to the sacred or transcendent

Self-Transcendence

-overcoming materialistic desires and externally motivating factors

-intrinsically motivated to help others or give back

-getting rid of materialistic concerns

-personal quest to connect with something greater than the self

Grief

intense suffering caused by the death of a loved one

Bereaved

people who experience the death of a loved one; go through a period of bereavement

Mourning

public displays of grief conforming to social and cultural norms

The Survivor's Acceptance

Accepting the reality that our loved one is physically gone and recognizing that this new reality is the permanent reality

Complicated Grief

Occurs when the grieving process doesn't progress as expected

Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder

at least one of the following symptoms experienced on most days and to a significant degree at least 12 months after the loss:

-Persistent yearning/longing for the deceased

-Intense sorrow, emotional pain in response to the death

-Preoccupation with the deceased

-Preoccupation with the circumstances of the death

Lindemann

introduced the concept of anticipatory grief following his oberservations of soldiers' wives during WWII

Silverman

contended that any experiences prior to the actual death of the person are not grieving in advance