Funeral Service and Psychology and Counseling Chapters 1-5

Question 1

This is the study of behavior, a complex science understanding how and why individuals react

Answer 1

Psychology

Question 2

This is the study of human behavior as it relates to funeral service

Answer 2

Funeral Service Psychology

Question 3

This is any deep understanding between persons that results in a changing of personality

Answer 3

Personal Counseling

Question 4

This is an emotion or group of emotions caused by loss

Answer 4

Grief

Question 5

This is the act or event of loss that results in the experience of grief

Answer 5

Bereavement

Question 6

This is an adjustment process that involves grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life of an individual following the loss or death of someone loved

Answer 6

Mourning

Question 7

These are common needs of the bereaved

Answer 7

Confirm the reality
Express their emotions
Modify emotional ties with the deceased
Memorialize the person's life
Recognize and complete unfinished business
Receive emotional support
Be accepted for where they are
Establish stability and security
Provide a basis for building new interpersonal relationships

Question 8

These are purposes and values of the funeral

Answer 8

Provides acting out ceremonies
Provides framework for group support
Encourages the expression of feelings
Provides values to live by

Question 9

Theory of Attachment

Answer 9

Bowlby

Question 10

This theory says that humans have an instinctive need to form strong attachments to others which comes from a need for security and safety. Situations that endanger that bond give rise to emotional reaction. The greater the loss the more intense the reaction

Answer 10

Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment

Question 11

This is a set of symptoms associated with loss, which include Somatic distress, preoccupation with the image of the deceased, guilt relating to the deceased, hostile reactions, and an inability to function as one had before the death

Answer 11

Grief Syndrome

Question 12

These are the symptoms associated with grief syndrome

Answer 12

Somatic distress
Preoccupation with the image of the deceased
Guilt relating to the deceased
Hostile reactions
Inability to function as one had before the death

Question 13

Grief Work

Answer 13

Eric Lindemann

Question 14

This is a process occurring with loss, aimed at loosening the attachment to the dead for reinvesting in the living

Answer 14

Lindemann’s Grief Work

Question 15

These are the steps involved with grief work

Answer 15

Emancipation from bondage of the deceased
Readjustment to the environment in which the deceased is missing
Formation of new relationships

Question 16

These are Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ stages of dying

Answer 16

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression 
Acceptance

Question 17

Tasks of Mourning

Answer 17

Worden

Question 18

These are Worden’s Tasks of Mourning

Answer 18

Accept the Reality of the loss
Experience the pain of grief and to express emotions associated with it
Adjust to the environment in which the deceased is missing
Withdraw emotional energy and reinvest it in another relationship

Question 19

This is helping people facilitate grief to a healthy completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame

Answer 19

Grief Counseling

Question 20

This is specialized techniques which are used to help people with complicated grief reactions

Answer 20

Grief Therapy

Question 21

These are normal Grief reactions

Answer 21

Shock
Sadness
Lonliness
Guilt
Anger
Anxiety
Crying
Preoccupation with thoughts of the deceased
Dreams/Nightmares
Confusing awake events

Question 22

These are the reactions of the bond to an event often experienced emotionally as a sudden, violent, and upsetting disturbance

Answer 22

Feelings

Question 23

These are examples of cognitive responses

Answer 23

Preoccupation with death
Inability to concentrate
Disorganized thoughts
Sense of a presence, seeing, hearing loved one

Question 24

These are examples of Behavioral responses

Answer 24

Doing or saying things contrary to the norm
Staying inside or staying away from home
Frequent visits to places associated with the deceased
Loss of interest in social activities