Exam 2 Learning Outcomes

Question 1

Explain the psych./social function of euphemisms for death

Question 2

Discuss the role of social relationships and social institutions more broadly in death, dying, and loss (including family, community, legal system, funeral industry, and mass media).

Question 3

Identify factors in family adjustment following loss

Question 4

Summarize the psychosocial functions and effects of funerals, considering the role of funeral evaluations

Question 5

Discuss the portrayal of death and suicide in the news and media

Question 6

Summarize some of the effects of watching death and dying in TV and film (including horror)

Question 7

Discuss the role of popular culture (film and TV) in thoughts about death and dying, as well as meaning and death acceptance.

Question 8

Briefly summarize the importance of sociocultural constructions of death and the role of culture and religion in death, dying, and
grief.

Question 9

Discuss psychological factors in afterlife beliefs; summarize the psychological aspects of afterlife concepts, consequences of beliefs.

Question 10

Consider the possible relationships between culture/religion and death anxiety, including relevant research; discuss the role of afterlife beliefs.

Question 11

Discuss the role of culture and cultural orientation in grief and mourning; also the role of acculturation in death practices.

Question 12

Identify cultural universals and differences in grief and mourning; summarize what we don’t yet know about grief across cultures.

Question 13

Discuss the role of historical traumas in the experience of traumatic grief and transgenerational grief in Indigenous peoples.