TEST BANK Death, Society and Human Experience 12th Edition
Chapter 1: As We Think About Death
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death
emphasize all the following EXCEPT the notion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when
someone is dying
b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant
words of parting
c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 6
Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with
significant words of parting
2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television
programs such as CSI and whether their portrayal of death serves to
death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Answer: c) depersonalize
3.0. The is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic
statement, often as an attempt to end a discussion about death
before it begins.
a) listener
,b) fatalist
c) silencer
d) instigator.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Answer: c) silencer
4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident
c) heart disease
d) cancer.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Answer: c) heart disease
5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an
experience of:
a) joy
b) death
c) anger
d) sadness.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Answer: b) death
6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian “assisted” in death, how
many were terminally ill?
a) one half
b) more than one-half
,c) one third
d) less than one-third.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Answer: d) less than one-third
7.0. One study that followed patients through their postoperative
period found that:
a) those with positive religious coping styles experienced more pain and
distress
b) those with positive religious coping styles experienced no pain or distress
c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and
distress
d) doubt and conflict in religious beliefs had no effect on health outcomes.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 15
Answer:Xc)XthoseXwithXpositiveXreligiousXcopingXstylesXexperiencedXlessXpai
nXandXdistress
8.0.XPersonalXexperienceXwithXdyingXandXdeathXinfluencesXour:
a) attitudesXandXbeliefs
b) beliefs
c) feelingsXandXattitudes
d) attitudes,Xbeliefs,XandXfeelings.
Difficulty:X1
PageXreference:X13
Answer:Xd)Xattitudes,Xbeliefs,XandXfeelings
9.0.XWhichXofXtheXfollowingXisXNOTXtrueXofXlivingXwills?
a) TheXoptionXofXhavingXaXlivingXwillXhasXbeenXavailableXsinceX1968.
b) MostXpeopleXinXtheXUnitedXStatesXhaveXinitiatedXaXlivingXwill.
, c) TheseXdocumentsXwereXdesignedXtoXgiveXindividualsXinfluenceXoverXtheXla
stXfewXdaysXofXlife.
d) TheseXdocumentsXdefineXtheXtypeXofXmedicalXinterventionsXtoXbeXcarri
edXoutXifXdeathXisXcloseXandXtheXindividualXisXunableXtoXexpressXhisXor
XherXwishes.
Difficulty:X2
PageXreference:X14
Answer:Xb)XMostXpeopleXinXtheXUnitedXStatesXhaveXinitiatedXaXlivingXwill.
10.0.XStudiesXhaveXfoundXthatXtheXpeopleXwhoXsignXorganXdonorXca
rdsXare:
a) lessXanxiousXaboutXdeath
b) moreXself-reliant
c) feelXmoreXeffective
d) allXofXtheXabove.
Difficulty:X2
PageXreference:X14
Answer:Xd)XallXofXtheXabove
11.0.XAXstudyXfoundXthatXthoseXwhoXcrossedXtheXstreetXinXaXhighXri
sk-XtakingXmannerXwere:
a) moreXlikelyXtoXhaveXattemptedXsuicideXinXtheXpast
b) moreXlikelyXtoXbeXwomen
c) lessXlikelyXtoXtakeXhighXrisksXwhenXtheyXdrive
d) lessXfrustratedXwithXtheirXlives.
Difficulty:X3
PageXreference:X15
Answer:Xa)XmoreXlikelyXtoXhaveXcontemplatedXorXattemptedXsuicideXinXtheX
past
12.0.XUponXviewingXhisXfriendXIvanXIlych'sXcorpse,XPeterXIvanovich:
a) prayedXforXbothXIlych’sXsoulXandXhisXown
Chapter 1: As We Think About Death
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death
emphasize all the following EXCEPT the notion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when
someone is dying
b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant
words of parting
c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 6
Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with
significant words of parting
2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television
programs such as CSI and whether their portrayal of death serves to
death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Answer: c) depersonalize
3.0. The is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic
statement, often as an attempt to end a discussion about death
before it begins.
a) listener
,b) fatalist
c) silencer
d) instigator.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Answer: c) silencer
4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident
c) heart disease
d) cancer.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Answer: c) heart disease
5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an
experience of:
a) joy
b) death
c) anger
d) sadness.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Answer: b) death
6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian “assisted” in death, how
many were terminally ill?
a) one half
b) more than one-half
,c) one third
d) less than one-third.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Answer: d) less than one-third
7.0. One study that followed patients through their postoperative
period found that:
a) those with positive religious coping styles experienced more pain and
distress
b) those with positive religious coping styles experienced no pain or distress
c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and
distress
d) doubt and conflict in religious beliefs had no effect on health outcomes.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 15
Answer:Xc)XthoseXwithXpositiveXreligiousXcopingXstylesXexperiencedXlessXpai
nXandXdistress
8.0.XPersonalXexperienceXwithXdyingXandXdeathXinfluencesXour:
a) attitudesXandXbeliefs
b) beliefs
c) feelingsXandXattitudes
d) attitudes,Xbeliefs,XandXfeelings.
Difficulty:X1
PageXreference:X13
Answer:Xd)Xattitudes,Xbeliefs,XandXfeelings
9.0.XWhichXofXtheXfollowingXisXNOTXtrueXofXlivingXwills?
a) TheXoptionXofXhavingXaXlivingXwillXhasXbeenXavailableXsinceX1968.
b) MostXpeopleXinXtheXUnitedXStatesXhaveXinitiatedXaXlivingXwill.
, c) TheseXdocumentsXwereXdesignedXtoXgiveXindividualsXinfluenceXoverXtheXla
stXfewXdaysXofXlife.
d) TheseXdocumentsXdefineXtheXtypeXofXmedicalXinterventionsXtoXbeXcarri
edXoutXifXdeathXisXcloseXandXtheXindividualXisXunableXtoXexpressXhisXor
XherXwishes.
Difficulty:X2
PageXreference:X14
Answer:Xb)XMostXpeopleXinXtheXUnitedXStatesXhaveXinitiatedXaXlivingXwill.
10.0.XStudiesXhaveXfoundXthatXtheXpeopleXwhoXsignXorganXdonorXca
rdsXare:
a) lessXanxiousXaboutXdeath
b) moreXself-reliant
c) feelXmoreXeffective
d) allXofXtheXabove.
Difficulty:X2
PageXreference:X14
Answer:Xd)XallXofXtheXabove
11.0.XAXstudyXfoundXthatXthoseXwhoXcrossedXtheXstreetXinXaXhighXri
sk-XtakingXmannerXwere:
a) moreXlikelyXtoXhaveXattemptedXsuicideXinXtheXpast
b) moreXlikelyXtoXbeXwomen
c) lessXlikelyXtoXtakeXhighXrisksXwhenXtheyXdrive
d) lessXfrustratedXwithXtheirXlives.
Difficulty:X3
PageXreference:X15
Answer:Xa)XmoreXlikelyXtoXhaveXcontemplatedXorXattemptedXsuicideXinXtheX
past
12.0.XUponXviewingXhisXfriendXIvanXIlych'sXcorpse,XPeterXIvanovich:
a) prayedXforXbothXIlych’sXsoulXandXhisXown
