D&D Final

Thanos is the Greek word for death.

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Ethnic cleansing involves the forcible relocation of population groups; often becomes a form of genocide.

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Substituting a pleasant or inoffensive word or expression for language viewed as harsher or more offensive; “Pleasing ways of speaking” is called a euphemism.

T

Genocide involves violent crimes committed against groups intending to destroy the very existence of the group & its members.

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State supported terrorism is employed by a political administration against its own or a neighboring population.

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The KKK can be considered to be a form of group terrorism.

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Formally or informally organized group of people who attempt to do harm for religious, political, or ideological reasons to those whom it perceives as its opponents is considered group terrorism.

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Acts perpetrated on behalf of some religious, political, or ideological goal are considered terrorism.

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Death caused by human beings include:

 

All answers listed are correct

Components of a societal death system include which of the following?

All answers listed are correct

The first Death Cafe gathering in the United States took place in Cleveland, Ohio. 

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Formal education about death, dying, and bereavement is also referred to as unplanned education

F

The organization of the means of production, especially manufacturing, into industries is called industrialization. 

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Place of death is the physical place in which death occurs, for example, in a home, or public institution. 

T

Industrialization in the 18th and 19th centuries was another important factor in changing encounters with death 

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One criticism of Terror Management Theory is how it cannot explain how older adults have less death anxiety than younger individuals. 

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The main issue in my own death is how the prospect of my own imminent death impacts what I am experiencing right now. 

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The New England Puritans founded the Death Cafe in America. 

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Attitudes, which include beliefs, feelings, postures, and dispositions to action are frequently directed to my own dying.

T

A death related attitude much like forbidden death, implying that death is dirty and indecent, and yet somehow intriguing is called

Pornography of death 

The Puritan worldview combined a deep love of children with a strong sense of their depravity and sinful pollution. 

F

The main focus of attention is on the survivors is part of which pattern in Western attitudes toward death?

 

Death of the other 

Another term for death denied is forbidden death. 

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Remote and imminent death has to do with one's attitude toward death as basically highly ambivalent. 

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In the concept of Death of the Self attention is focused on the person who dies. 

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A special set of attitudes toward death existed in Puritan New England, shaped by deeply held beliefs and implemented in earnest practice. 

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Puritan children were constantly reminded of the likelihood that they might die at any moment.

T

A death-related attitude that views death as familiar and simple, a public event mainly affecting the community is referred as ____________.

 

Tame death

Concerns or worries related in some way to death is called _______________. 

Death anxiety

Terror Management Theory originates from what area of psychology?

Social Psychology

Since the 1900s, death rates and ALE have improved because of factors such as improved and effective healthcare modalities.

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Living-dying interval is the period between the onset of dying and the arrival of death.

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Preventative healthcare consists of medical and health care primarily design to prevent or minimize the likelihood of acquiring disease or putting one’s life at risk.

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Preventative healthcare consists of community actions to protect or improve the health of society’s members.

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Dying trajectories are patterns of dying or the ways in which dying plays out.

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Degenerative diseases can be transmitted or spread from person to person.

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Average life expectancy (ALE) refers to numbers of deaths among members of a given population group divided by the total number of those in the group.

F

In the early 1900s, death rates were much higher than they are today in the U.S. and in most industrialized nations.

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Unanticipated life events that offer important occasions for developing educational insights and lessons, as well as for personal growth are called teachable moments.

T

The valuational dimension about death, dying, and bereavement focuses on psychopathology.

F

One dimension of education about death, dying, and bereavement is the behavioral dimension.

T

One dimension of education about death, dying, and bereavement is the cultural dimension.

F

One dimension of education about death, dying, and bereavement is the affective dimension.

T

One dimension of education about death, dying, and bereavement is the cognitive dimension.

T

An example of formal education about death, dying, and bereavement is attending and completing a college class on the psychology of death and dying.

T

An example of informal or unplanned education about death, dying, and bereavement is learning from one’s own personal experience with death.

T

The Death Café movement began in Sweden.

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Death Café gatherings are safe and interesting forums in which people can talk about whatever is on their minds related to death, dying, and bereavement.

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Death Café gatherings are NOT intended to be grief support groups, lecture or educational sessions, or avenues for promoting a business or cause.

T

Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson are credited with being the first to host a Death Café in Europe.

F

The hospice philosophy can be applied to a variety of individuals & their family members who are coping with a life-threatening illness, dying, death, or bereavement.

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Hospitals (acute care) are designed to treat specific diseases & return people to society with more or less the same functional capacity they had before their illness.

T

There is no fixed end point in bereavement, grief, & mourning.

T

Long-term care facilities provide a place to live, assist with routine activities of everyday living, and offer some level of help or skilled nursing care. 

T

Palliative Care/Medicine is used mainly to designate a type of medical care that addresses the relief of distressing symptoms with or without relationship to death & dying.

T

Medicare and Medicaid are two different programs.

T

The hospice philosophy affirms life, not death.

T

The term that includes all of one’s reactions—both internally & externally—to loss is grief

T

The term “bereavement” identifies the objective situation of individuals who have experienced a loss of some person or thing they valued.

T

We form attachments to enrich our lives 

T

Medicare is comprised of Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, and so forth.

T

Medicaid eligibility has to do with finances and being under the poverty line to qualify for its benefits.

T

Medicare is a national program and the largest insurance program in the country.

T

The counselor, Ms. Patel, nods and says softly to the student, “That sounds really tough—can you tell me more about what’s been going through your mind lately?” This is an example of encouraging. 

T

Being on dialysis for end stage renal disease is a reason one may be eligible for Medicare, even if one is under the age of retirement. 

T

"Existence of these stages has not been demonstrated" is a critique of Doka's Account of 5 Phases in Living with Life-threatening Illness and Associated tasks. 

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"No evidence has been presented that people actually do move from stage 1 through stage 5" is a critique of Kübler-Ross' Stages of Grief. 

T

The counselor, Ms. Patel, maintains eye contact and says to the student, “I appreciate you sharing that and what else have you been feeling lately?” This is an example of encouraging. 

T

The four basic forms of awareness context include all of the following except:

Listening Awareness

The task of managing symptoms & side-effects; evaluating stress & coping efforts; maximizing social support & minimizing isolation; redefining relationships with others falls under the _______________ phase. 

Chronic 

The task of recognizing danger & risks of illness; managing anxiety; developing & following through on health-seeking strategies falls under the __________________ phase. 

Pre-diagnostic 

"Help me," is an example of what the dying may ask of their caregivers. 

T

Caregiver burnout is an extreme form of compassion fatigue when helpers become physically, emotionally, & mentally exhausted, especially because of long-term involvement in emotionally demanding situations coupled with a sense of powerlessness & an inability to achieve their goals as providers of care.

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Occurs when the stress generated by stressful situations is perceived as oppressive & a hardship that can no longer be borne; caregivers feel emotionally drained & may then to try to withdraw & distance themselves from the sources of their stress. 

Compassion Fatigue 

Which of the following does not fall under the category of self-care?

All answers fall under self-care

Realizing there is no single “right thing” to say & that expressions of so-called negative emotions & attitudes by dying persons do not need to be “fixed” or changed is what type of care?

Psychological 

Which of the following is not a primary dimension of care?

 

Cultural 

______________________ is fluid, often altering its focus to adapt to changes in the actual circumstances within which we find ourselves.

 

Hope

In Corr's Task-Based Model, the psychological task work area includes addressing issues of meaningfulness. 

F

Corr's Task-Based Model includes all of the following, except 

CULTURAL

All of the following are part of Kübler-Ross' Stages of Grief, except 

PROJECTION

The backdrop for social interactions among those who are coping with dying is referred to as awareness context. 

T

"How do I understand or make sense of the situation?" is an example of 

 

Appraisal-focused coping 

“Medical apartheid” involves historical experiences with medical neglect or mistreatment. 

T

African-Americans are the second largest minority group in the United States. 

T

Asian and Other Pacific Island Americans (AOPIA) are the third largest ethnic minority group in the United States. 

T

One example of African-American attitudes toward death is suspicion of the medical community. 

T

Distinctive features arising from from a unified set of values, ideas, beliefs, and standards of behaviors shared by a group of people is/are called __________________________. 

Cultural Patterns 

We increase our effectiveness in understanding and working with dying persons and bereaved families when we commit ourselves to culturally conscientious practice.

T

According to the textbook, what is the largest minority group in the United States?

Hispanics

Bargaining is one of the stages of grief under the Kübler-Ross model. 

T

Depression is one of the stages of grief under the Kübler-Ross model. 

T

Trauma is one of the stages of grief under the Kübler-Ross model. 

F

Acceptance is one of the stages of grief under the Kübler-Ross model. 

T

We need to learn from those who are coping with dying in order to come to know ourselves better.

T

Dealing with the after effects of illness & anxieties about reoccurrence; reconstructing one’s life; redefining relationships with caregivers is part of the Recovery Phase under the Doka’s Account of 5 Phases in Living with Life-Threatening Illness and Associated Tasks. 

T

Reaction focused coping is the same as emotion focused coping.

T

Bereavement is the state or condition of having lost someone through death. It refers to the objective fact that a death has occurred and the person is now in a period of loss

T

Mourning refers to the outward expression of grief, often shaped by cultural, religious, and social practices. It includes rituals, customs, or behaviors used to honor the deceased and to publicly express grief.

T

Renewal is part of the 6 phases of mourning under the Sanders model. 

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