death and dying chapter 1 – Flashcards
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thanatos, from greek mythology is generally understood as a response to the ?
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Personification of Death
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deaths of the famous are likely to be announced on the newspapers from page as well as via feature length....
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obituaties
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a feature length story on the death of someone famous is an....
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obituary
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brief standardized printed statements following the death of an average citizen are called?
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death notices
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media experts say that the "reality violence" on tv news began with coverage of the ..... ?
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vietnam war
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depictions of death in the mass media, in which the symbolic use of death contributes to an "irrational dread of dying and thus to a diminished vitality and self-direction in life" is referred to as ?
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a mean world syndrome
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In Gerbner's "mean world syndrome," the symbolic use of death contributes to?
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an irrational dread of dying diminished vitality diminished self direction in life
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according to george gerbner, the "mean world syndrome" describes depictions of death in the mass media as embedded in a structure of violence that conveys?
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a heightened sense of danger
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What do some commentators call the new "porn star" of popular culture?
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the corpse
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Avoiding words like dead or dying instead using phrases in which loved ones "pass away" the deceased is "laid to rest" and the corpse is "remains" is an example of ?
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euphemisms
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themes of loss and death are heard in?
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classical, american blues, and laments music.
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The traditional hawaiian culture mele kanikau may have been carefully composed or spontaneous and used ..... ?
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during the funeral procession
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what is the largest ongoing community arts project in america?
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the AIDS memorial quilt
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what is an example of a homemade condolence?
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comfort quilt
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what has been called the "oil of society?"
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humor
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according to kastenbaum, what is defined as "the study of life with death left in?"
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thanatology
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research into death anxiety has been characterized by kastenbaum as?
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thanatology's own assembly line
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in reviewing the status of research and practice in thanatology, Herman Feifel points out that the ....?
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human mind operates on various levels of reality or finite provinces of meaning
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IN his emphasis relevant to terror management theory, Ernest Becker addressed....
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the need to control our basic anxiety and to deny the terror of death
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In 1963, The university of Minnesota,
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held the first formal course in death education.
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The modern scientific approach to the study of death is usually traced to a symposium organized in 1956 by ?
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Herman Feifel
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Which of the following is NOT cited in the text as a journal in the field of death and dying? -illness, crisis, and loss? -the carnegie journal of death -mortality -death studies
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the carnegie journal of death
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Hannelore Wass observes that the study of death and dying will?
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help individuals and societyies transcend self interest in favor of concern for others
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which of the following factors does not affect our familiarity with death? -life expectancy -georgraphic mobility -medical technology -political decision making
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political decision making
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approximately how much has the average life expectancy in the US increased since 1900s?
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30 years
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______________ has the longest life expectancy of countries worldwide
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Japan
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What are the two leading causes of death in the US?
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heart disease and cancer
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epidemiologic transition is BEST defied as the
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shift in disease patterns characterized by a redistribution of deaths from the young to the old.
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Which of the following BEST describes the phrase "medical technology that seems to one person a godsend, extending life, may seem to another a curse?"
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D. The effect of new technology involves personal and social consequences and trade-offs.
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Which of the following BEST describes a "cosmopolitan" society?
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B. Ideas and practices from other historical periods and cultures are valued and examined.
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(p. 44-45) According to Ulrich Beck, a German scholar and observer of the "cosmopolitan society," the human condition in the present century
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cannot be understood nationally or locally but only globally
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Even when curative treatments have ended, the effort to control circumstances around death and dying so that it comes out "right" is termed?
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managed death
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what term do social scientists use to describe the phenomenon of societies falling behind in dealing with new challenges resulting from rapid technological and social change?
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cultural lag
