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FINAL EXAM Flashcards

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T/F: Postponed mourning in the family of origin impedes one from experiencing emotional loss and separation within the current family

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True

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T/F: Cognitive therapy focuses on changing the clients unrealistic and maladaptive beliefs

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True

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T/F: psychoanalysis was founded by Carl Rogers and is based this theory of personality

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False (founded by Freud)

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T/F: Free Association, transference, and dream interpretation are three techniques that are central to both cognitive therapy and client-centered therapy

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False (they are apart of psychoanalysis)

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T/F: Freud’s technique of transference involves the therapist actively challenging the patient’s irrational beliefs

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False (rational emotive therapy)

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T/F: The central goal for most behavior therapists is to modify specific problem behaviors, not overhaul the entire personality.

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True

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T/F: grief and mourning are often used interchangeably, and are always considered synonymous

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False

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T/F: Rational-emotive therapy is generally effective for the treatment of depression, social phobias, and certain anxiety disorders

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True

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T/F: One key advantage of group therapy is that the therapist can directly observe the way a client interacts with other people, rather than relying upon the clients perceptions of his or her interactions with other people

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True

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T/F: People who receive psychotherapy for their problems improve much more quickly than people with similar psychological problems who do not receive treatment

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True

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T/F: Treating psychological disorders with psychotherapy and biomedical therapy has become increasingly common

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True

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T/F: families that cope most effectively are closed in their discussions about the deceased

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False (they are open)

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T/F: living longer allows persons to experience grief

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True

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T/F: there is interdependence in any marriage

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True

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T/F: when a child experiences death, it is good to have as much touching and holding as possible to make him feel secure and less afraid

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True

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T/F: selecting the burial site for a deceased parent should not be an option for the child

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False (they should always have the option)

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T/F: only licensed physicians are legally allowed to prescribe psychotropic medications

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False

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T/F: there are many types of psychotherapy but they share the assumption that psychological factors play a significant role in a persons troubled feelings, and behaviors or relationships

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True

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T/F: dream interpretation is a psychological technique

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True

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T/F: The uniqueness of the persons grief can be influenced by the nature of their relationship with the person who died

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True

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T/F: families that are closed usually have the freedom and encourage family members to discuss the death

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False (families that are open)

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T/F: Electroconclusive therapy is a biomedical therapy used primarily in the treatment of depression and involves a brief brain seizure

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True

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T/F: an early biomedical treatment for mental illness involved the use of the “tranquilizing chair” during primitive surgery of the brain

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False

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T/F: The American psychological Association recommends that all psychologists become more aware of cultural differences and more sensitive to their clients cultural values

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True

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T/F: biomedical therapy is used alone and is never combined with other forms of therapy

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False

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T/F: Grief is a normal reaction to loss

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True

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27
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“The outcome” is a stage of _________

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Mourning

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T/F: Blame directed at another person is guilt

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False (it is anger)

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29
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A technique where the psychoanalyst offers a carefully times explanation of the patient’s dreams is called _________

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Interpretation

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30
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What psychologist says that children can’t mourn until they are adolescents?

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Wolfenstein

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31
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A therapy with specific goals

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Short term dynamic

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Technique where patient spontaneously reports all thoughts, mental images and feelings while laying on a couch

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Free association

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33
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This psychologist believes that children can mourn as early as 6 months old

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Bowlby

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34
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This psychologist believes that children can mourn as early as 3 years old

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Furman

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35
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This psychologist believes that children can mourn, but we cannot use an adult model for a child’s grief

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Bowlby

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36
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In the death of a child, society expects us to take care of our children is this type of guilt

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Cultural

37
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In the death of a child, when a family wants to get on with life and move on from the death it is this kind of guilt…

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Recovery

38
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This age group will repeatedly ask questions about the deceased

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2-5

39
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The therapist best known for cognitive therapy is

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Aaron Beck

40
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This age group is frequently concerned about the physical well being of the deceased

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2-5 years

41
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This age group understands the meaning of death much like adults do

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13-18 years

42
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Although their vocabulary is advanced enough to express their feelings, this age group may not talk about what is bothering them.

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9-12 years

43
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This age group has the cognitive understanding to comprehend death as a final event

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9-12

44
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The therapist best known for rational emotive therapy

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Albert Ellis

45
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The first behavior therapist was

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Mary Jones

46
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The person known for the 5 stages of dying

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Kubler-Ross

47
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The therapist best known for operative conditioning

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B.F. Skinner

48
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The use of psychological techniques to increase understanding and treatment of emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems

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Psychotherapy

49
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The definition of grief that is the emotional response to loss with painful affects includes sadness, anger, helplessness, guilt, and despair belongs to…

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Raphael

50
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Psychoanalysis is a form of psychotherapy that was originally developed by

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Sigmund Freud

51
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The primary goal of psychoanalysis is to

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Bring unconscious conflicts to conscious awareness to help the person gain insight into conflicts and resolve them

52
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The humanistic perspective in psychology emphasizes…

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Human potential, self awareness and freedom of choice

53
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Two of the most influential forms of cognitive psychotherapy are…

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Rational emotive and cognitive therapy

54
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The most common form of biomedical therapy used to treat symptoms of psychological disorders is…

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Psychotropic medications

55
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The use of psychological techniques to treat emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems

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Psychotherapy

56
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Involves the use of medications or other medical treatment to treat symptoms associated with psychological disorders

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Biomedical therapy

57
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AKA Person-Centered Therapy

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Client-centered therapy

58
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Adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing

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Mourning

59
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Restitution

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Grief

60
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T/F: It’s important to look at a family systems approach because unresolved grief may not only serve as a key factor in family pathology, but contribute to pathological relationships across the generations

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True

61
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Lindemanns five characteristics of grief

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1) somatic or bodily distress
2) preoccupation with the image of the deceased
3) guilt
4) hostile reactions
5) inability to function as one had before the death

62
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Kubler-Ross’ five stages of dying

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1) denial
2) anger
3) bargaining
4) depression
5) acceptance

63
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T/F: there are seven stages of grief for children

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True

64
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T/F: children should not be told about death until it is absolutely necessary

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False (children should be told about death as soon as possible)

65
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T/F: denial is a stage of grief for children

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False (disbelief is a stage of grief for children)

66
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T/F: an adult should express their own feelings that are natural when talking to a child about death

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True

67
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T/F: family dynamics can hinder adequate grieving

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True

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T/F: functional families are more likely to not process feelings about death, including admitting to and accepting feelings of vulnerability

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False (functional families do process feelings about death)

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T/F: when a parent dies the child may fail to adequately morn and later in life present with symptoms of depression or the inability to form close relationships during their adult years

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True

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T/F: experiencing the loss of a spouse, friends or siblings can dull one’s personal death awareness

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False (this would heighten one’s personal death awareness)

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T/F: the loss of a spouse may be more disruptive for elderly men than women

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True

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T/F: widowhood affects three out of four women

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True

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T/F: the way you respond when talking to young children about death is determined by your own personal and spiritual views on the topic

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True

74
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T/F: it is not okay to let children know that you feel sad and even to see you cry

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False

75
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T/F: if a child is not sad about a death you need to let them know that is okay

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True

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T/F: there is general agreement among mental health experts that going to a funeral can be a negative experience for children

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False (it is a positive step in acceptance)

77
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T/F: a child should never be allowed to decide whether he or she wants to attend a funeral

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False (a child should always have the option)

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T/F: humanistic therapy is the most influential client centered therapy

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True

79
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Reflecting the content and personal meaning of feelings being expressed by the client

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Empathetic understanding

80
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T/F: reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior is counterconditioning

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False (shaping)

81
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T/F: behavior therapy focuses on behavior modification

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True

82
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T/F: client centered therapy has not evolved or been adapted for changing times

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False

83
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T/F: a child should be offered the option of seeing the cremains

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True

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T/F: when a child has questions about the death and you do not know the answer you should never tell them you don’t know

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False ( it is okay to tell the child you don’t know)

85
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T/F: parents often intended as a kindness when they shield the child from the funeral

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True

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T/F: there has been controversy over the years as to whether children are capable of mourning

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True

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T/F: when a child dies parents may experience four different types of guilt

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False (five types of guilt)

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T/F: when parents die children need clear information about the death

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True

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