Death and Dying (Thanatology) Review Questions with complete Solutions Graded A+
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Death and Dying (Thanatology) Review Questions with complete Solutions Graded A+
Chronic Disease - Answers a noncommunicable, self-limiting disease from which the individual rarely recovers. Ex. heart disease, cancer, asthma
Dysfunction - Answers an event that lessens the adjustment of a social s...
Death and Dying (Thanatology) Review Questions with complete Solutions Graded A+
Chronic Disease - Answers a noncommunicable, self-limiting disease from which the individual rarely
recovers. Ex. heart disease, cancer, asthma
Dysfunction - Answers an event that lessens the adjustment of a social system; medicine prolongs life,
contributing to overpopulation
Etiology - Answers the assignment of a cause, such as the major causes of death in a country
Existentialist Philosophy - Answers based on the doctrine that existence takes presence over essence
and holds that humans are totally free and responsible for their acts, and that this responsibility is the
source of the dread and anguish that encompass them
Eufunction - Answers consequences of behaviour that are positive; attending a funeral shows concern
and care for others
Fictive Kin - Answers Individuals referred to using kinship but who are not related via kinship. Ex a
godparent
Gerontophobia - Answers the fear of growing old
Infant Mortality Rate - Answers the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live
births
ISAS - Answers symbolic interactionist's statement: behaviour of the individual is in response to symbols,
relative to the audience, and relative to the situation
Latent Function - Answers consequences that contribute to adjustment but were not intended;
attending a family funeral becomes a family reunion
Manifest Function - Answers objective consequences that contribute to adjustment and were intended
Morbidity - Answers the rare occurrence of a disease
Phenomenology - Answers the philosophical study of phenomena without any attempt at the nature of
being studying; "the thing itself"
Road Scholar - Answers an informal educational program for individuals 60 years or older.
Self-fulfilling Prophecy - Answers a situation defined as real that becomes real in its consequences when
individuals are able to make it so
sex ratio - Answers the number of males per 100 females
socialization - Answers the process by which individuals are integrated into a social group by learning its
values, goals, norms, roles. Is a lifelong process that is never completed
, Symbol - Answers anything to which socially created meaning is given
thanatology - Answers the study of death-related behaviour including actions and emotions concerned
with dying, death, and bereavement
brain death - Answers the brain is totally and irreversibly dead.
cryonics - Answers method of subjecting a corpse to extremely low temperatures through the use of dry
ice and nitrogen
curvilinear - Answers referring to a type of nonlinear relationship between two variables where at a
certain point, associated with increasing values in the independent variable, the relationship with the
dependent variable changes. A scattergram of this relationship will look like a U
Death anxiety - Answers a learned emotional response to death-related phenomina characterized by
extreme apprehension (death fear)
dyad - Answers two units regarded as a pair (husband and a wife)
euphenism - Answers a word or phrase that is considered less distasteful than other words or phrases
medicalization of death - Answers modern medicine defines illness and health procedures needed and
determines procedures for the dying which may prolong or shorten life. modern medicine controls when
we die and can control premature death
mores - Answers ways of society that are felt to be for the goal of society. are "must" behaviours that
have stronger sanctions than a folkway, but are not as severe as laws
obituary - Answers notice of a death, usually with a brief biography
religiosity - Answers the extent of interest, commitment, or participation in religious beliefs, values and
activities
significant other - Answers a person to whom special significance is given in the process of reaching
decisions
adolescence - Answers stage of life commonly defined as the onset of puberty when sexual maturity or
the ability to reproduce is attained
behaviourism - Answers a school os psychology that focuses chiefly on overt behaviour rather than on
inner psychological dynamics that cannot be clearly measured
cognitive development - Answers development of process of knowing, including imagining, perceiving,
reasoning, and problem solving
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