SOCIOLOGY OF DEATH AND DYING EXAM 2 CHAPTERS 6 10
2026/2027 || SOCIAL THEORIES OF DEATH & DYING || GRIEF,
BEREAVEMENT & END-OF-LIFE CARE || CULTURAL & ETHICAL
ISSUES || PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS ||
GRADED A+
When discussing death with a child, an adult should: - CORRECT ANSWER -
tell the truth while considering the child's developmental level and ability to
understand.
Which of the following coping mechanisms are used by children to cope with a
serious illness?
1 making a deal that allows a desire to be filled once the pain is endured.
2 limiting the number of people with whom they have close relationships.
3 taking a "be-brave-and-strong" stance.
4 regressing to behaviors that are less demanding. - CORRECT ANSWER -1,
2 and 4
When parents explain death to children, they should: - CORRECT ANSWER -
be honest and straightforward.
Which of the following are identified as physical symptoms of grief?
1. shortness of breath
2. muscle weakness
3. empty feeling in the abdomen
4. cerebral placidity - CORRECT ANSWER -1, 2, and 3
A recent controversy over the value of grief counseling is focused on: -
CORRECT ANSWER -the suggestion that grief counseling may be more
harmful than helpful.
, All of the following are support groups that help children cope with death
EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER -The Meditational Healing Society
When caring for a seriously ill child, all of the following are true EXCEPT: -
CORRECT ANSWER -parents should pay the role of nurse.
In the United States, funerals are mainly: - CORRECT ANSWER -focused on
the welfare of the survivors.
Excluding cemetery costs, the average cost of a funeral in the United States is
now approximately: - CORRECT ANSWER -$6,000
Which of the following are the three major psychological and behavioral
patterns that individuals use in coping with the threat of death identified by
Therese Rando?
1. retreat and conserve energy
2. attack and evaluate the threat
3. attempt to master or control the threat
4. exclusion from the threat of death - CORRECT ANSWER -1, 3 and 4
Who provided aid-in-dying to more than 100 people and led a personal crusade
to legalize physician-assistant suicide? - CORRECT ANSWER -Jack
Kevorkian
Charles Corr's primary dimensions in coping with dying are physical,
psychological, spiritual, and: - CORRECT ANSWER -social
According to the Dual-Process Model of Coping, what coping behavior includes
developing a new identity and mastering tasks that had been taken care of by the
deceased? - CORRECT ANSWER -restoration-oriented
2026/2027 || SOCIAL THEORIES OF DEATH & DYING || GRIEF,
BEREAVEMENT & END-OF-LIFE CARE || CULTURAL & ETHICAL
ISSUES || PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS ||
GRADED A+
When discussing death with a child, an adult should: - CORRECT ANSWER -
tell the truth while considering the child's developmental level and ability to
understand.
Which of the following coping mechanisms are used by children to cope with a
serious illness?
1 making a deal that allows a desire to be filled once the pain is endured.
2 limiting the number of people with whom they have close relationships.
3 taking a "be-brave-and-strong" stance.
4 regressing to behaviors that are less demanding. - CORRECT ANSWER -1,
2 and 4
When parents explain death to children, they should: - CORRECT ANSWER -
be honest and straightforward.
Which of the following are identified as physical symptoms of grief?
1. shortness of breath
2. muscle weakness
3. empty feeling in the abdomen
4. cerebral placidity - CORRECT ANSWER -1, 2, and 3
A recent controversy over the value of grief counseling is focused on: -
CORRECT ANSWER -the suggestion that grief counseling may be more
harmful than helpful.
, All of the following are support groups that help children cope with death
EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER -The Meditational Healing Society
When caring for a seriously ill child, all of the following are true EXCEPT: -
CORRECT ANSWER -parents should pay the role of nurse.
In the United States, funerals are mainly: - CORRECT ANSWER -focused on
the welfare of the survivors.
Excluding cemetery costs, the average cost of a funeral in the United States is
now approximately: - CORRECT ANSWER -$6,000
Which of the following are the three major psychological and behavioral
patterns that individuals use in coping with the threat of death identified by
Therese Rando?
1. retreat and conserve energy
2. attack and evaluate the threat
3. attempt to master or control the threat
4. exclusion from the threat of death - CORRECT ANSWER -1, 3 and 4
Who provided aid-in-dying to more than 100 people and led a personal crusade
to legalize physician-assistant suicide? - CORRECT ANSWER -Jack
Kevorkian
Charles Corr's primary dimensions in coping with dying are physical,
psychological, spiritual, and: - CORRECT ANSWER -social
According to the Dual-Process Model of Coping, what coping behavior includes
developing a new identity and mastering tasks that had been taken care of by the
deceased? - CORRECT ANSWER -restoration-oriented
