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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Name each theory.

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Davies
Gerholm
Wright/Hogan

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Name Davies concepts.

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Identity
Rites of Passage
Double Burial
Conquest of Death

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Name Gerholm concepts.

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Plurality of Perspectives
Fragmented Cultural Systems
Shaping of Private Experiences
The "Hard Surface", Ruling
Reinvention of Tradition
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Name Wright/Hogan concepts.

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Freud
Worden
Continuing Bonds Theory
Dual Process Model
Transition Theory (Personal Growth)
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Identity (which theory?)

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Davies

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Rites of Passage (which theory?)

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Davies

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Double Burial (which theory?)

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Davies

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Conquest of Death (which theory?)

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Davies

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Plurality of Perspectives (which theory?)

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Gerholm

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Fragmented Cultural Systems (which theory?)

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Gerholm

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Shaping of Private Experiences (which theory?)

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Gerholm

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The “Hard Surface”, Ruling (which theory?)

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Gerholm

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Reinvention of Tradition (which theory?)

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Gerholm

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Freud (which theory?)

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Wright/Hogan

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Worden (which theory?)

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Wright/Hogan

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Continuing Bonds (which theory?)

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Wright/Hogan

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Dual Process Model (which theory?)

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Wright/Hogan

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Personal Growth (which theory?)

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Wright/Hogan

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Identity (definition from Davies)

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Death affects the people who knew the deceased, psychological identity develops through life, deeply influenced by how we are raised and cultural values
**Attachment theory: bonds between currently living, detachment is death, disposal is relocation of the dead

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Rites of Passage (definition from Davies)

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*Arnold Van Gennep
Ritualistic events that take place to give new status within society, proposal of pre-liminal, liminal, post-liminal stages (separation, transition, incorporation)

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Double Burial (definition from Davies)

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*Robert Hertz
“Wet” and “dry” phases, separation from human life, cremation requires final rites, society expresses itself through current members, death is threat to community

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Conquest of Death (definition from Davies)

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Birth/life/death has been developed through rituals (initiation rituals), death is followed by “rebirth”

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Plurality of Perspectives (definition from Gerholm)

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Difference of vantage points

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Fragmented Cultural Systems (definition from Gerholm)

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Combo of cultural systems, religion is outlook on life and means to assert interests of people,

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Shaping of Private Experiences (definition from Gerholm)

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Each participant walks away feeling differently, nobody walks away with right/wrong thoughts of ritual

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“Hard Surface”, Ruling (definition from Gerholm)

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“Public face of private experience”, ruling borrows strength from general situation

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Reinvention of Tradition (definition from Gerholm)

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Ritual remains, so does interpretation

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Freud (definition from Wright/Hogan)

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Grief is experience that follows normal course, leads to psychological consequence, healthy recovery requires severing emotional bonds with deceased, grief studies aimed to determine intensity/duration of relationship affected loss

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Bowlby (definition from Wright/Hogan)

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Father of Attachment theory, grief influenced by type of attachment, series of stages (1: defense mechanism, numbness, shock, 2: pining for deceased to return, 3: disorganization, how to live without deceased, 4: recovery)

30
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Parkes (definition from Wright/Hogan)

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Grief is a series of shifting pictures, interviewed widows, copied most of what Bowlby did, reflected on grave visits and older photographs of deceased

31
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Worden (definition from Wright/Hogan)

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Extended bereavement theory, developed primarily for counselors and therapists to offer care/comfort
Four tasks of mourning: 1: accept reality of loss, 2: work through pain and grief, 3: adjust to environment, 4: emotionally relocate deceased

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Continuing Bonds Theory (definition from Wright/Hogan)

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Still attached to deceased, maintain relationship through transitional objects, donations to organizations, remembrance walks

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Dual Process Model (definition from Wright/Hogan)

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Bereaved alternately experience/avoid suffering, address limitations of earlier models
Loss-orientation (acceptance) restoration orientation (coping with changes)

34
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Personal Growth Theory (definition from Wright/Hogan)

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Adolescents experience loss as growth, point of resolution/adaptation to loss

35
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What is a tomden? (sky burial)

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“Yogin-butcher”, unwraps the body to expose flesh and bone to be used as sacrifice

36
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What religion is a sky burial associated with?

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Buddhism

37
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Buddhism funerals are known as

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Sky burials

38
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Woodland burial is from which theory?

A

Davies

39
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Natural cemeteries were talked about in which reading?

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Harris

40
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What was the first natural cemetery?

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Ramsey Creek Preserve in NC

41
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What does a buried corpse do to the ground?

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Restoration, flourishes

42
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What are people worried about with natural burials?

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Water contamination

43
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How was Osama buried?

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At sea

44
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Why did they decide to bury Osama at sea?

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Because it was Muslim tradition to do so. While people did not agree with this nor did they think he was a true Muslim for some of the things he did, they still decided that was how he should be buried to reduce risk of a shrine to him.

45
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What’s the time constraint rule for Muslims about burial?

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Must be within 24 hours of death

46
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Is V.S. Naipaul religious?

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No. Attends his sister’s funeral anyway.

47
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What is the ritual expert for Sati’s funeral called?

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Pundit

48
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Was Sati religious?

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No, wanted a Hindu burial/funeral anyway.

49
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What is the Hindu holy book?

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the Gita

50
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What happens after the initial ritual/burial of Sati?

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Widow and son of Sati ask pundit questions about afterlife while he eats a big feast.

51
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What did Sati die of?

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Brain hemorrhage

52
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Was everyone at Sati’s funeral experiencing the same feelings? Why/why not?

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No because the plurality of perspectives concept says that everyone who had a relationship with the deceased has a different connection and a different reaction

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