10.1

Question 1

functional death

Answer 1

the absence of a heartbeat and breathing

Question 2

brain death

Answer 2

a diagnosis of death based on the cessation of all signs of brain activity, as measured by electrical brain waves

Question 3

miscarriage

Answer 3

prenatal death during the first 20 weeks

Question 4

still birth

Answer 4

during the later 20 weeks

Question 5

sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Answer 5

the unexplained death of a seemingly healthy baby - usually happens between the ages of two and four months

Question 6

most frequent cause of death for children

Answer 6

motor vehicle crashes, fires and drowning, cancer and congenital conditions are second and third

Question 7

children and conceptions of death

Answer 7

develop a concept at age of five - view of temporary rather than a cessation
preschoolers see it as a sleep people can wake from
9 years old better concept of death
middle childhood, there is an awareness of the customs around death

Question 8

adolescents and death

Answer 8

think it cant happen to them

Question 9

personal fable

Answer 9

a set of beliefs that makes them feel unique and special

Question 10

young adults

Answer 10

leading cause is accidents, suicide, cancer. at the end of early adulthood cancer is most prevalent

Question 11

middle adulthood

Answer 11

life threatening disease the most common cause of death, cancer and heart disease

Question 12

late adulthood

Answer 12

cancer, heart disease and stroke, suicide rates climb

Question 13

terminal decline

Answer 13

a significant drop in memory and reading ability can foreshadow death within the next few years

Question 14

thanatologists

Answer 14

people who study death and dying

Question 15

death education

Answer 15

encompasses programs designed to help people of all ages deal better with death, dying and grief, both others’ deaths and their own

Question 16

CRISIS INTERVENTION EDUCATION.

Answer 16

When school shootings occur, such as the 2006 Dawson College shooting in Montreal or the 1999 shooting in Taber, Alberta, several kinds of crisis intervention are mobilized to deal with the anxieties of students. When crises affect younger children, whose conceptions of death are shaky, explanations for the loss of life need to be geared to their cognitive development. Crisis intervention is also offered when a community experiences a death of a member unexpectedly, such as when a popular student died of meningitis or the death of a figure skater’s mother hit the entire team particularly hard

Question 17

ROUTINE DEATH EDUCATION.

Answer 17

Although relatively little curricular material on death exists for elementary students, coursework in high schools is increasingly common. Colleges and universities increasingly include courses about death in such departments as psychology, human development, sociology, and education
(Ph.D. 431)

Ph.D., Robert S. F., Oriane Landry. Discovering the Lifespan, Second Canadian Edition, 2nd Edition. Pearson Canada, 20160104. VitalBook file.

Question 18

DEATH EDUCATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE HELPING PROFESSIONS.

Answer 18

Professionals who will deal with death, dying, and grief in their careers have a special need for death education. Almost all medical and nursing schools now offer some form of death education. The most successful programs not only offer providers ways to help people deal with their own impending death or those of family members, but also allow students to explore their feelings about the topic.