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Scientists have identified several changes in the brain, including an increased production of beta amyloid precursor protein, a decrease in brain size, and the death of certain neurons, that cause the symptoms of ________. However, they are unsure of what triggers the problem in the first place.

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alzheimer's disease

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what group is evidence of ageism most pronounced?

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people in late adulthood living in a western culture

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Paula smoked for most of her life and her doctor told her it would shorten her lifespan by ten years. This situation demonstrates what?

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the concept of secondary aging

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Frank volunteered to help out at the picnic, but his neighbor suggested that someone younger might be better suited for the task. His neighbor's comment is an example of ______.

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ageism

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Nancy has been caring for her mother who has Alzheimer's for the past six months, and now Nancy is physically exhausted and emotionally drained. This demonstrates how a caregiver can become a ________.

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secondary victim

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Gerontologists are studying a promising family of genes known as sirtuins, which may ________

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regulate and promote longer life

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Laboratory work shows that when a cell's telomere has just about disappeared, the cell stops replicating. This is evidence for the ________ theory of aging.

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genetic programming

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Taking rapamycin, which interferes with the activity of a protein mTOR, is an example of which method to a longer life?

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drug therapy

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Karen's grandmother needed the aid of a walker following her stroke, though a year later she had improved so much that she could walk indoors without even a cane. The impairment in her walking ability is an example of _______ aging.

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secondary

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Women are more susceptible than men to osteoporosis largely because of a decrease in the production of ________.

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estrogen

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A gerontologist is a specialist who studies the process of _______.

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aging

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Kelly is concerned about her grandmother. Last Tuesday she went to the grocery store for milk, came home, then returned to that same store for more milk an hour later. Her grandmother says she didn't realize she had made the first trip. Kelly probably wonders if her grandmother is showing signs of ________.

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major neurocognitive disorder

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___________ is the average age of death for members of a population.

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life expectancy

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According to Masters and Johnson, in addition to good physical and mental health, what other factor plays an important role in determining whether an elderly person will engage in sexual activity?

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previous regular sexual activity

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Environmental and cultural factors do not play a role in the loss of cognitive skills is a result of what study?

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Schaie's study on intelligence in late adulthood

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what would be an example of an environmental factor affecting memory in an older adult?

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the prescription medicine dina takes for asthma makes her feel foggy and affects her memory

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Older people might do worse on any intelligence test with a timed portion simply because ________.

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of their slower reaction time

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Nelson grew up in an era when most children attend and graduate from high school, and many attend college. Beverly grew up during the Great Depression and had to leave school at age 15 to help support the family. The influences of their respective experiences are examples of _______.

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cohort effects

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Short-term memory decreases gradually until age 70. The largest drop is for information that ____________.

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is presented quickly and orally

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Because __________ declines with age, this may impact the ability of older adults to learn technology.

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fluid intelligence

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To date, more than _____ participants have been involved in Schaie's massive study on intelligence.

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5000

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When 70-year-old Kathy looks back on her life, she tends to remember positive events like birthdays, graduations, weddings, and vacations. The negative events, such as having botulism when she was a child, are not memories that naturally come to mind. This is an example of ________.

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pollyanna principle

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According to __________, people are more likely to recall pleasant memories than unpleasant ones.

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pollyanna principle

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Memory changes in late adulthood are a result of brain and body deterioration. This is the __________ approach to explaining memory changes in late adulthood.

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biological factor

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_________ is the degree to which a developing structure or behavior is modifiable due to experience.

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plasticity

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Anne, who is a very strict mother, does not remember getting drunk at her high school prom. This scenario is an example of what?

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autobiographical memories people tend to recall or forget

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_____ is one of the largest educational programs for people in late adulthood.

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road scholar

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If a person has trouble inhibiting irrelevant information and thoughts that interfere with problem solving, then that person is experiencing ________ deficits.

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information processing

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A memory about which someone is not consciously aware is a(n) _______ memory

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implicit

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Kate's family moved her grandmother to a nursing home because they lived so far away and were unable to care for her. When her grandmother entered the nursing home she was physically able to do many things, but within a few weeks she allowed the staff to do everything for her and acted as if she wasn't competent enough to do things for herself. Kate's grandmother is a victim of ________.

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institutionalism

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The most intensive form of nursing home care is a(n) _________ facility.

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skilled nursing

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Gracie used to volunteer at the public library 20 hours a week; she also spent a lot of time watching her grandchildren and playing cribbage with friends. As she got into her late 80s, she cut back on her volunteer work and got together less often with her friends and grandchildren. Gracie's gradual withdrawal from activities and societies is consistent with ________.

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disengagement theory

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Harold finds it harder and harder to hear conversations, especially when in public places like restaurants. He decides to get fitted for hearing aids to solve the problem. Harold is using _________ to make up for losses due to aging.

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compensation

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When she was younger, Molly participated in a variety of things - a book club, a bridge group, and monthly dinner group. After she and her husband retired and moved to a warmer climate, she kept her interest in all of these things by finding new groups to join. Molly's participation demonstrates the _______ theory on aging.

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activity

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Marcus is 82 years old and confined to a wheelchair. Regardless of this, you will find him at the bowling alley every Saturday afternoon participating in the league. Marcus demonstrates Peck's view of aging known as __________.

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body transcendence

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Social inequities that various socioeconomic groups experience during their earlier lives become magnified with increasing age is an issue that occurs at what stage of life?

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late adulthood

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According to the age stratification theory, economic resources, power, and privilege are distributed unequally at different stages of life; such inequality is particularly pronounced during _______.

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late adulthood

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Elder abuse is most often directed at ________.

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parents

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In the developmental stages proposed by Peck, transcendence refers to ________.

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coping with and moving beyond physical changes

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During her stay in the assisted-living facility, one of the medical assistants would stop by her room to ask Mary for advice on boyfriends, hairstyles, and problems at work. Even though she was confined to her bed, Mary enjoyed this role. Her role exemplifies _______ in Levinson's "Final Season" theory of adult development.

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venerated elders

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Assistance and comfort that is provided to an individual by a network of concerned and caring people is known as _______.

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social support

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According to surveys, approximately how often do older adults talk about their children?

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every day

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The text points out that people aged _______ and older are far less likely to use technology than younger individuals.

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65

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At the age of 74, Anita enrolled in Road Scholar. At Road Scholar, she will be able to _______.

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participate in educational programming

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Kevin has a great autobiographical memory. This means he can easily recall events from _______.

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his own life

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Approximately what percentage of people in late adulthood live in some form of an institutional setting or specialized environment?

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10%

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According to ________ theories, unequal distribution of economic resources, power, and privileges exists among people at different stages of life.

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age stratification

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A woman's aging father is so afraid of falling that he asks his daughter to check in on him daily, even though he has no mobility limitations demonstrates what idea?

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passive-dependent personality

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Liver transplants and other organ donations are examples of which method to a longer life?

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the bionic solution

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Older adults are more susceptible to ________ because the aging process is accompanied by a weakening of the immune system.

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infectious diseases

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According to recent projections, by the year 2050, nearly ______ of the population will be 65 years of age or older.

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one quater

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What was the outcome in the well-known case of Terri Schiavo, who spent 15 years in a hospital bed in what physicians called a "persistent vegetative state"?

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they removed her feeding tube and she died soon after

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Parents often suffer profound grief and feel that the natural order of the world has been violated is an example of what?

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how parents cope with the death of a child

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SIDS usually occurs in babies between the ages of _____.

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2 and 4 months

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Why should medical professionals receive formal death education?

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to teach them how to help their patients deal with death

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One kind of death that is particularly difficult to cope with is _______, the death of an unborn child.

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miscarriage

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what is one of the least frequent causes of death among adolescents?

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stroke

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James exhibited a significant drop in memory and reading ability a few years before he died. What does the text call this phenomenon?

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terminal decline

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Lance was riding a motorcycle on an interstate highway when he was injured in a serious accident. At the hospital, the doctor informed his wife of his condition, stating, "I'm very sorry to tell you that he currently has no heartbeat and is not breathing." This condition is known as ________ death.

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functional

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When _______ death occurs, it is impossible to restore functioning.

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brain

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Joyce was a seemingly healthy baby who one day just stopped breathing and died inexplicably. How does the medical profession classify this type of death?

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SIDS death

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Alex is a healthy, well-adjusted 4-year-old preschool student whose hamster has just died. Which describes a common and appropriate reaction to the hamster's death for a child his age?

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that his hamster is "sleeping"

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What type of death education would be appropriate for school children whose classmate committed suicide?

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crisis intervention education

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People who study death and dying are called _____.

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thanatologists

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Providing home care to a terminally ill loved one can be physically and emotionally draining is the most accurate regarding what?

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caring for a terminally ill loved one at home

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Penny is a 58-year-old woman who has smoked almost all of her life. She has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. She is devastated, begins to go to church, and prays regularly. She promises to quit smoking and devote the rest of her life to the church if God will heal her. According to Kübler-Ross, Penny is in the ________ stage of death and dying.

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bargaining

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What does initial research suggest about the end-of-life care that terminally ill patients prefer?

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hospice patients seem to be the most satisfied

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In order to ensure that living wills are honored, some individuals designate a ________, or a specific person to act as their representative in making health care decisions.

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i don't know the answer

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How is home care for the terminally ill different from hospice care?

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it allows the patient to spend their final days in a familiar environment

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A living will provides the option to decline various forms of treatment that would prolong dying. Which of the following is NOT one of the treatments named on a typical living will document?

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surgery to remove cancer

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What individual had the greatest influence in our understanding of the way people confront death?

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kubler ross

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A survey of intensive care nurses found that _____ of them had deliberately hastened a patient's death at least once.

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20%

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Which of the following legal documents may authorize a health-care proxy?

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durable power of attorney

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How is a hospice setting different from a hospital setting for the terminally ill?

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focuses on making the patients final days pleasant

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Jennifer is an oncology nurse. She has observed that patients who are given a terminal diagnosis sometimes simply resist the idea that they are going to die. They may even flatly refuse to accept the diagnosis or that they are going to die. This response is called ________.

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denial

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Anne has undergone 3 years of cancer treatment but her cancer has nevertheless progressed so that she can no longer be cared for at home. Her doctors anticipate she will not live more than a few more months. Anne and her family have agreed that she will be admitted to a facility dedicated to making her last days as comfortable, pleasant, and meaningful as possible. Such a facility best fits the description of a _____.

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hospice

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According to Kübler-Ross, what is the second of the five stages people pass through as they move toward death?

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anger

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Gloria is 85 years old and has been suffering from congestive heart failure for several years. She has now been hospitalized with pneumonia and knows her death is impending. Gloria has no emotional reaction to this occurrence. She just wants to be left alone. Which of the five stages of death and dying is Gloria experiencing?

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acceptance

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An alternative to hospitalization in which dying people stay in their homes and receive treatment from their families and visiting medical staff is called _____.

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home care

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The third and final stage of grief after the death of a loved one is characterized by _____.

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picking up the pieces of their life and beginning to construct new identities

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Yolanda has always been an insecure, anxious, and fearful person. If her husband should die before her, how is she likely to react to his death?

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she is likely to become depressed

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Funeral rites in Western societies typically begin with _____.

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prepare the dead body in some way

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Jane is in the accommodation stage of grief. What would describes Jane at this point in her grief over the death of her husband?

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she may start regarding herself as a single person

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Juanita is still grieving two years after her husband's death. Her family and friends have started to worry about her mental and physical health. Which of the following statements is true and might be reassuring to Juanita and her family?

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there is no particular timetable for grief

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For widowed people during the first year after the death of a spouse, their own risk of death is ________ times higher than normal.

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7

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The average cost of a funeral and burial in the United States is _____.

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7000

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Ralph is going through the first stage of grief, experiencing shock, anguish, and fear. If his experience is typical, how long will Ralph be in this stage?

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a few days or weeks

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What did a meta-analysis of more than 60 studies on therapeutic interventions for grieving people find?

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grief counseling didn't help significantly more than the passage of time

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Your text describes _____ as the emotional response to death.

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grief

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Marvin is Jewish and is preparing to attend a formal occasion for relatives and friends of a deceased member of his synagogue to visit with the diseased member's family and pay their respects. Marvin is attending a _____.

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shivah

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What does psychiatrist George Bonanno say about humans and bereavement?

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humans are prepared in an evolutionary sense to move on after death of someone close

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what is a characteristic of the second stage of grief?

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fully experiencing grief and realizing the extent of their loss

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What is true about how children experience grief?

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they may regress to an earlier development stage

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What type of euthanasia is described in a living will that includes the request that should the patient's condition become a vegetative state, respirators and other equipment sustaining life should be removed?

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passive

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At what age do children begin to develop a concept of death?

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5

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The number of children's deaths from ________ has nearly tripled since 1960 and is now the fourth-leading cause of deaths in children.

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homicide

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What are the most likely causes of death in late adulthood?

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cancer, stroke, and heart disease

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What is now used in the United States to determine the moment of death?

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brain functioning

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Relationships that are marked by _________ before death are more apt to cause poor post-death outcomes than secure relationships.

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ambivalence

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Which of the following is a generally common function of a funeral?

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to mark the end of life and for survivors to share their grief

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One example of a funeral rite is the suttee, a traditional Hindu practice now illegal in India, in which _____.

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a widow is expected to throw herself into a fire

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How do Balinese mourners in Indonesia differ from American mourners?

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show little emotion so the gods will hear their prayers

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