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Kastenbaum - All Chapters (1-15) Updated Version 2024 A+
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
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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.
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Difficulty: 3
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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
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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.
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Difficulty: 1
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Answer: c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and
distress
8.0. Personal experience with dying and death influences our:
a) attitudes and beliefs
b) beliefs
c) feelings and attitudes
d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 13
Answer: d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings
9.0. Which of the following is NOT true of living wills?
a) The option of having a living will has been available since 1968.
b) Most people in the United States have initiated a living will.
c) These documents were designed to give individuals influence over the last few days
of life.
d) These documents define the type of medical interventions to be carried out if death is
close and the individual is unable to express his or her wishes.
Difficulty: 2
Page reference: 14
Answer: b) Most people in the United States have initiated a living will.
10.0. Studies have found that the people who sign organ donor cards are:
a) less anxious about death
b) more self-reliant
c) feel more effective
d) all of the above.
Difficulty: 2
Page reference: 14
Answer: d) all of the above
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11.0. A study found that those who crossed the street in a high risk taking manner were:
a) more likely to have attempted suicide in the past
b) more likely to be women
c) less likely to take high risks when they drive
d) less frustrated with their lives.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 15
Answer: a) more likely to have contemplated or attempted suicide in the past
12.0. Upon viewing his friend Ivan Ilych's corpse, Peter Ivanovich:
a) prayed for both Ilych’s soul and his own
b) sorrowed for Ilych’s widow and children
c) tried to differentiate and distance himself from Ilych
d) tried to persuade himself that the man in the coffin was not really Ilych.
Difficulty: 2
Page reference: 16
Answer: c) tried to differentiate and distance himself from Ilych
13.0. Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms Kastenbaum highlighted
regarding research using death anxiety scales?
a) Studies often involve resurveying participants many times.
b) Low scores are difficult to interpret.
c) It is not known what a healthy or normal score would be.
d) Little is learned about participants’ beliefs or attitudes.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 17
Answer: a) Studies often involve resurveying participants many times.
14.0. Most self-report studies find that the general population has a ______ level of
death anxiety.
a) very low
b) low to moderate
c) moderate to high
d) very high
Difficulty: 2
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Test Bank for Death, Society and Human Experience, 12th Edition
Kastenbaum - All Chapters (1-15) Updated Version 2024 A+
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.
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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.
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Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 15
Answer: c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and
distress
8.0. Personal experience with dying and death influences our:
a) attitudes and beliefs
b) beliefs
c) feelings and attitudes
d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 13
Answer: d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings
9.0. Which of the following is NOT true of living wills?
a) The option of having a living will has been available since 1968.
b) Most people in the United States have initiated a living will.
c) These documents were designed to give individuals influence over the last few days
of life.
d) These documents define the type of medical interventions to be carried out if death is
close and the individual is unable to express his or her wishes.
Difficulty: 2
Page reference: 14
Answer: b) Most people in the United States have initiated a living will.
10.0. Studies have found that the people who sign organ donor cards are:
a) less anxious about death
b) more self-reliant
c) feel more effective
d) all of the above.
Difficulty: 2
Page reference: 14
Answer: d) all of the above
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11.0. A study found that those who crossed the street in a high risk taking manner were:
a) more likely to have attempted suicide in the past
b) more likely to be women
c) less likely to take high risks when they drive
d) less frustrated with their lives.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 15
Answer: a) more likely to have contemplated or attempted suicide in the past
12.0. Upon viewing his friend Ivan Ilych's corpse, Peter Ivanovich:
a) prayed for both Ilych’s soul and his own
b) sorrowed for Ilych’s widow and children
c) tried to differentiate and distance himself from Ilych
d) tried to persuade himself that the man in the coffin was not really Ilych.
Difficulty: 2
Page reference: 16
Answer: c) tried to differentiate and distance himself from Ilych
13.0. Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms Kastenbaum highlighted
regarding research using death anxiety scales?
a) Studies often involve resurveying participants many times.
b) Low scores are difficult to interpret.
c) It is not known what a healthy or normal score would be.
d) Little is learned about participants’ beliefs or attitudes.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 17
Answer: a) Studies often involve resurveying participants many times.
14.0. Most self-report studies find that the general population has a ______ level of
death anxiety.
a) very low
b) low to moderate
c) moderate to high
d) very high
Difficulty: 2
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