BEHS 380 6380 Midterm Exam – Socially sanctioned death

BEHS 380 6380Midterm ExamUSA Eastern TimeNote: When you post the answers to this exam, please do NOT repeat the questions. Numbereach question and respond with the alternative (a, b, c, d, e) that best completes the statement forthe MC portion. Number A and B for the Short Essay responses. (Total points 30)Part I Multiple Choice (15 points)Instructions: Number 1 through 15 in your Assignment Folder and place the best alternative(a,b,c,d,e) next to each number.1. Socially sanctioned death includes all of the following excepta.b.c.d.e. the Holocaustwar9/11genocidehomicide 2. The five-stage model developed by Kubler-Rossa.b.c.d.e. emphasizes psychosocial responses to illnessdescribes tasks to be undertaken while dyingstresses physical needs of dying personshas been confirmed by subsequent researchnone of the above 3. For an adult, the death of a parent or grandparenta.b.c.d.e. initiates the person’s place in the “sandwich generation”inaugurates the “empty nest” syndromeremoves a generational “buffer”all of thesenone of these 4. Older adults are more likely to die from __________, while younger adults are morelikely to die from accidents.a.b.c.d. chronic diseasesacute diseasescommunicative diseasescar crashes 5. The subconcept of death related to the recognition that death involves the complete andfinal cessation of all life-defining capabilities attributed to a living physical body is:a.b.c.d.e. causalityuniversalitynoncorporeal continuationnonfunctionalityirreversibility 6. At the present time, most deaths in the United States occur:a.b.c.d. in nursing homes or long-term health care facilitiesin hospitals or medical centersin retirement centersin day-care facilities 7. When an end of life nurse discusses specific diseases and describes mortality statistics,this exemplifies which dimension of death-related education?a.b.c.d. behavioralcognitivevaluationaleffective 8. Three elements essential in all bereavement are:a.b.c.d.e. anticipation, depersonalization, and loveloneliness, shame, and melancholiaa valued relationship, loss, and a survivordepression, loss, and cacthexisgrief, guilt, and decthexis 9. When children learn about death by finding, touching and burying a dead bird in thewoods, their experience illustrates the potential of:a.b.c.d. informal educationteachable momentnear death understandingvocational motivation 10. The elements of a “death system” includea.b.c.d. preventing deathcaring for the deathobjects and symbolsdisposing of the dead e. sanctioning certain kinds of killing 11. Nursing homes differ from hospitals in that theya.b.c.d.e. lack facilities for acute carehave resources for chronic carehave resources for home carelack facilities for rehabilitative carelack resources for chronic care 12. The person who started the modern hospice movement is:a.b.c.d.e. Elizabeth Kubler-RossCicely SaundersGlen DavidsonPhillipe AriesRobert Kastenbaum 13. Most members of our contemporary society experience death and dying through:a.b.c.d. direct personal experiencenewspapers, radio, and televisionproviding care for dying personsall of these 14. Grief which occurs as a result of a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged,publicly mourned, or socially supported is calleda.b.c.d.e. anticipatory griefpathological griefcomplicated griefdisenfranchised griefnone of these 15. A 1981 presidential commission proposed a definition of death later codified in theUniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA). This definition requires or includes:a.b.c.d.e. an invariant procedure for the determination of deathreversible loss of circulatory and respiratory functionsirreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brainstemirreversible stoppage of the capacity for bodily integration and socialinteractiona metaphysical change in the very substance of the being Part II Short Essay Questions (15 points)It is UMUC policy that acceptable college level writing is to be considered in grading students’written work. Take care to express your thoughts in logical, well-organized form.Answer the following questions in well-developed paragraphs.A. Provide a detailed definition of grief, bereavement and mourning; explain how they aresimilar, unrelated, or different. Give examples of each, including your thoughts.Two to three paragraphs (6 points) B. Sketch: Based on Corr or Worden’s task based theories that are also assigned in yourtopic discussions this week, please review.Widow: Your husband of 18 years died of cancer two years ago. You were close to him,but now, at age 41, you are thinking of finding a new partner. This idea causes youconflict. You feel disloyal to your dead husband and you are afraid your friends will thinkyou are crazy. Your children, who are in their late teens, are very much against the idea ofyour remarrying. You have sought counseling to help you resolve this conflict.Counselor: You are to assess where the widow is in the mourning process, help her todeal with her conflicts about beginning a new relationship, and help her to understandwhen grief is finished.Two to three paragraphs (9 points)