Psy 207 death and dying quiz 1 PDF

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1. In the allegory "The Horse on the Dining-Room Table" from our text prologue and discussed in our class lectures, the Guru advises his listener that: a. Speaking about the horse can render its presence less powerful. 2. The Death Café movement and its gatherings: a. Have risen spontaneously 3. When people say that death is not a taboo topic, they mean ______. a. Our society and individuals in it both accept and deny death simultaneously 4. The modern death awareness movement has involved: a. All of these: i. Research on attitudes toward death ii. New programs of care for the dying iii. New ways of assisting bereaved persons 5. "Thanatology" is _______. a. Study of death related topics 6. In our class discussion why this class is of interest, some mentioned connecting to terminally ill family members. Someone who enrolls in a course in the psychology of death and dying because their family member is terminally ill is primarily expressing a concern about: a. A current death-related experience 7. A person, such as some in our class, who enrolls in a course in the psychology of death and dying, in order to be better prepared for their own career employment in the community is primarily expressing concerns related to a. Vocational reasons 8. Death-related experiences include which of the following? a. All of these i. Death -related practices ii. Attitudes toward death iii. Encounter with death 9. Death rates _____. a. Reflect the number of people in a specific group who die during a particular time period. 10. Death rates: a. Can only be determined accurately when a society keeps adequate birth and death rates 11. Death rates in the United states are or have been lowest for: a. Incorrect answer: none of these 12. From 1990 to 2014 in the united states, overall death rates: a. Decreased by over 50 percent 13. Changes in death rates can be revealed:

a. By studying death rates among specific American populations, such as gender groups or socio-economics classes 14. Education about death, dying and bereavement needs to develop special sensitivity and compassion for its participants because: a. They may have been recently or currently impacted by a death-related experience. 15. In the world today, relatively few people in developed countries die of communicable diseases, with the exception of: a. Influenza and pneumonia, septicemia, and infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)...