Death and Dying Dev Psych Flashcards
Identify the top cause of death for each age group.
Birth to 1 - Congenital defects 1 to 14 - Accidents 15-24 - Accidents or suicide 25-44 - Accidents 45-64 - Cancer 65+ - Heart disease
What is the top form of cancer for men? For women?
Prostate cancer
Breast cancer
What are the Harvard Medical School criteria for death? What precautions are suggested?
Unresponsive to stimuli No movement for 1 hour Flat EEG Failure to breathe for 3 minutes No reflexes
Low body temp
Consumption of barbiturates
Describe the Kubler-Ross’s stages of death and dying and their poor sequence?
Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance
What criticisms have been made against Kubler-Ross’s theory?
Death is not stage-like
Describe the research findings on “death anxiety” based on gender, age, and religiousness.
Non-religious women under the age of 39 show the most death anxiety. Religious men over the age of 60 show the least death anxiety.
What is included in the definition of bereavement?
The state (or experience) of loss
Describe the many characteristics of grief.
Emotional Physical reactions Cognitions Observable behaviors Spiritual. issues Social and occupational
Describe the factors and reactions associated with the death of a child.
Loss of the future
Age of child doesn’t matter
Risk of divorce although not likely
Grandparents grieve
Describe the factors and reactions associated with the death of a spouse.
Higher than average risk of death
Cardiomyaphy - broken heart syndrome
Describe the factors and reactions associated with the death of a parent.
“Expected”
Turning point
Loss of the past
Increased sense of personal mortality
Describe factors that may influence grief.
Personality Pre-existing depression Emotional closeness to the person Reliance on drugs High dependence on the deceased person Sudden, violent death Lack of social support Additional stressors Timing of death
Contrast anticipatory grief and disenfranchised grief.
Anticipatory grief - Early reaction to an expected later death
Disenfranchised grief - Grief that is not fully recognized or appreciated by other people
