A Mature Concept Of Death - September 30, 2015 PDF

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A Mature Concept of Death

09/29/2015

o Universality: All living things eventually die. Death is all-inclusive, inevitable, and unavoidable. o Irreversibility: Organisms that die cannot be made alive again. o Non-functionability: Death involves the cessation of all-physiological functioning, or sign of life. o Causality: there are biological reasons for the occurrence of death. Non-empirical Ideas: Ideas Not Subject to Scientific Proof o Non-corporeal Continuity (Speece and Brent)  Notion that human beings survive in some form after death of the physical body… o What happens to the personality after death? o Does the self or soul continue to exist? o What is the nature of afterlife? Agents of Socialization o Family o Schools and peers o Mass media o Religion Culture o Material components  Things, building, consumer goods o Non-material components 

Beliefs, values, custom Culture changes over time.

o Re-socialization: uprooting and restructuring of basic attitudes, values, or identities Teachable Moments o Opportunities or situations to learn about death in the context of unplanned or unexpected occurrences o Teaching moments are ideals vehicles for learning because they occur naturally. 1. Structural-Functionalist Approach o Economy o Educational system o Family o Political system o Religion 2. Symbolic Interactionism Seeks to explain human action and behavior as the result of the meanings which human beings attach to action and things. o Supernatural o Beliefs o Religion 3. The Social Learning Approach According to social learning theory, we learn through conditioning how to behave as members of a society. o Norms o Standards We learn through: o Reinforcement o Initiation o Interaction o Rationalization o Cognitive Process...