1. (p. 343) Bereavement is defined as the |
A. objective event of loss. |
2. (p. 344) The emotional reaction and responses of anguish, anger, or relief to the death of a loved one are collectively termed |
A. grief. |
3. (p. 344) In addition to insomnia and changes in appetite, physical disturbance that occurs with grief typically includes |
B. tightness of the throat. |
5. (p. 344) What is our "assumptive world?" |
B. The world we expect to be stable and reliable |
6. (p. 345) In contrast to the reaction to loss, what is the PROCESS by which a bereaved person integrates a loss into his or her ongoing life? |
B. Mourning |
7. (p. 345) Wearing a black armband traditionally signifies A. a conventional mourning behavior. |
A. a conventional mourning behavior. |
8. (p. 345) What is a way of signifying mourning among some Native Americans? |
D. Cutting one’s own hair short |
9. (p. 345) A theme common to mourning behaviors cross-culturally is that the bereaved |
A. are different and this difference diminishes with time. |
10. (p. 346) Whose model focuses on four tasks of mourning, including accepting the reality of the loss, processing the pain of grief, and finding an enduring connection with the deceased? |
D. Worden |
11. (p. 346) The concept of adjusting to a world without the deceased is associated with |
A. J. William Worden’s tasks of mourning. |
12. (p. 347) Who is known for the paper "Mourning and Melancholia?" |
C. Freud |
13. (p. 347) Attachments and the processes by which we relinquish them were central concerns in the work of |
C. John Bowlby. |
14. (p. 348) The grief-work model has been widely accepted as the standard formulation for |
B. understanding and helping people accommodate to loss. |
15. (p. 350) Lyn Lofland suggests that some of the "ties that bind" us to one another are the roles we play, the help we receive and the |
A. wider network of others made available to us. |
16. (p. 350-351) Telling the "story" of grief can help in coping with loss in which of the following ways? 1. Sharing the story provides emotional relief and promotes the search for meaning. 2. The story can be told without the constraint of having to conform to a particular model of how it should be. 3. The story brings people together in support of one another. 4. Fantasizing about a different ending is very therapeutic and healing. A. 2, 3, and 4 |
C. 1, 2, and 3 |
17. (p. 351) Sharing the story of a loss provides emotional relief, promotes the search for meaning, and |
B. brings people together in support of one another. |
18. (p. 351) In the dual-process model of coping, loss-oriented coping includes |
A. looking at old photographs. |
19. (p. 351) What is an example of loss-oriented coping? |
C. Looking at old photographs |
20. (p. 351) According to the dual-process model of coping, what coping behavior includes mastering tasks that had been taken care of by the deceased and developing a new identity? |
B. Restoration-oriented |
21. (p. 352) According to Simon Shimson Rubin’s Two-Track Model of Bereavement, which of the following considers quality of family relationships, health concerns, and investment in life tasks? |
C. Track I: general biospychosocial functioning |
22. (p. 356) Which of the following typically occurs during the initial period of grief? |
C. Sense of confusion and disorganization |
23. (p. 357) Which of the following typically occurs during the middle period of grief? |
D. Sadness and longing |
24. (p. 358) Anniversaries, birthdays, special occasions, and holidays |
B. can reawaken and reactivate unexpected feelings of grief. |
25. (p. 359-360) According to Therese Rando, which of the following may especially complicate grief? 1. Death of a child. 2. Bereaved person’s perceived lack of social support. 3. Relationship between bereaved and deceased that was intimate and friendly. 4. Bereaved’s perception that the death was somehow preventable. A. 1, 2, and 3 B. 1, 2, and 4 C. 1, 3, and 4 D. 2, 3, and 4 |
B. 1, 2, and 4 |
26. (p. 360) Complicated mourning is best described as |
C. failure to realize the implications of a loss. |
27. (p. 360) According to Neimeyer, Prigerson, and Davies, What is the "inability to reconstruct a meaningful personal reality" after loss? |
A. Complicated grief |
28. (p. 362-363) The idea that one can die of a "broken heart" |
C. is being investigated scientifically and is considered plausible. |
29. (p. 363) Which term best describes the phenomena of death as a consequence of the stress of bereavement? |
A. Broken heart |
30. (p. 364) According to Edgar Jackson, what factors are especially important in a survivor’s response to loss? |
C. Personality, social roles, values, and perception of the deceased’s importance |
31. (p. 368) In the instrumental (linear) pattern of grieving, how is grief experienced and expressed? |
C. In restlessness or mental activity |
32. (p. 368) In the intuitive (systemic) pattern of grieving, individuals experience and express grief |
C. via feelings and emotions. |
33. (p. 368) When a person experiences grief physically, as restlessness or mental activity, Terry Martin and Kenneth Doka would identify this pattern of grieving as A. intuitive. |
B. instrumental. |
34. (p. 369-370) Which of the following is generally considered a high-grief death? |
C. The death of a teenager in a car accident |
35. (p. 370) Of the following modes of death, which is most likely to be characterized as a low-grief death? A. Homicide of a teenager |
C. Terminal illness of an elderly man |
36. (p. 372) Factors that can restimulate grief for survivors of a homicide are termed |
C. trigger events. |
37. (p. 373) In the wake of multiple losses, survivors may feel they have "run out of tears," resulting in bereavement |
B. burnout. |
38. (p. 374) Disenfranchised grief can be described as a |
B. consequence of lacking social support or acknowledgement of loss. |
39. (p. 374) Grief experienced in connection with a loss that is not socially supported or acknowledged through the usual rituals is |
A. disenfranchised. |
40. (p. 375) Unfinished business is best described as |
D. issues or "business" that goes on after a death. |
41. (p. 376) Unfinished business is a term that can relate to the |
A. plans and dreams that the bereaved had shared with the deceased. |
42. (p. 379) Which of the following is a helpful behavior when lending support to the bereaved? |
B. Simply listening without judgment |
43. (p. 380) Which of the following bereavement organizations focuses on supporting military families? |
C. Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors |
44. (p. 381) Which of the following statements best describes how bereavement is an opportunity for growth? |
A. Energy that was bound to the past is freed up. |
45. (p. 344) A significant loss can cause us to question our fundamental assumptions about the world and our place in it. |
TRUE |
46. (p. 348) Colin Murray Parks points to three main influences on a person’s course of grieving and states that there is finally an established standard way of coping with loss. |
FALSE |
47. (p. 348) Margaret Stroebe points out that suppression or avoidance of confrontation with memories related to the deceased is risky and an ineffective strategy of coping. |
FALSE |
48. (p. 349) Maintaining bonds with the deceased is primarily an American phenomenon and would be surprising to people celebrating African traditions. |
FALSE |
49. (p. 352) As time passes, bereaved individuals rarely experience changes in their perspective on themselves and on the relational bond to the deceased. |
FALSE |
50. (p. 359) Individuals may experience a resurfacing of grief stimulated by a public death. |
TRUE |
51. (p. 361-362) The inclusion of bereavement as a diagnosis in the DSM-5 was a welcome change amongst most thanatologists, because of the clarification of terms, the medicalizing of grief and accessibility to antidepressant medications. |
FALSE |
52. (p. 362) The diagnosis of complicated grief is welcomed by psychologists as it clarifies symptoms and avoids medicalizing grief. |
FALSE |
53. (p. 362) During the twentieth century, grief was considered a legal cause of death that could be listed on a death certificate. |
FALSE |
54. (p. 363) Evidence suggests that the reaction to loss of a loved one may reduce the body’s ability to fight disease. |
TRUE |
55. (p. 369) With respect to grief, someone operating systemically will likely experience and express grief emotionally. |
TRUE |
56. (p. 372) "Trigger events" are caused by the use of a gun during a homicide or suicide. |
FALSE |
57. (p. 375) Resolving conflicts and problems with the dying person can facilitate the management of grief. |
TRUE |
58. (p. 376) Deathbed promises constitute a particular kind of unfinished business. |
TRUE |
59. (p. 377) Grief counseling on the Internet raises questions regarding the appropriateness and effectiveness of such services. |
TRUE |
60. (p. 378-379) With the vast amount of data and research on grief counseling and grief therapy, it appears both are widely accepted and proven to have positive outcomes for psychological distress. |
FALSE |
PSY 456 EXAM 2 CH 9
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