Grief Test 2

Question 1

it is important to understand why people fail to ______

Answer 1

grieve

Question 2

factors that may complicate grief

Answer 2

1. relational factors
2. circumstantial factors
3. historical factors
4. personality factors
5. social factors

Question 3

The highly ambivalent one with unexpressed hostility. (unresolved stuff).

The death may reopen old wounds.
In highly dependent relationships the death may lead to a desperate sense of helplessness.

Answer 3

relational factors

Question 4

The loss is uncertain (MIA’s, no remains found)

Multiple losses from plane crashes, natural disasters, fire may lead to bereavement overload.

Answer 4

circumstantial factors

Question 5

People who have had complicated grief reactions in the past will have a higher probability of a complicated reaction in the present.
There is interest in the influence of early parental loss on the development of subsequent complicated grief reactions in other losses.
Having a complicated reaction in the present.

Answer 5

historical factors

Question 6

Some people are unable to tolerate extremes of emotional distress.
One’s self-concept such as being the “strong one” in the family may hinder grief.

Answer 6

personality factors

Question 7

The death is socially unspeakable (suicide, homicide, AIDS)
The loss is socially negated (abortion)
The absence of a social support network may cause complications.

Answer 7

social factors

Question 8

types of abnormal grief responses

Answer 8

1. Complicated grief
2. Delayed grief reaction
3. Exaggerated grief
4. Masked grief

Question 9

complicated grief is also known as…

Answer 9

Chronic or Unresolved

Question 10

grief extending over a long period o time without resolution…

Answer 10

complicated grief

Question 11

inhibited, suppressed or postponed response to a loss

Answer 11

delayed grief reaction

Question 12

occurs when persons experience symptoms and behaviors which cause them difficulty but they do not see or recognize the fact that these are related to the loss.

Answer 12

masked grief

Question 13

persons are usually conscious of the relationship of the reaction of the death, but the reaction to the current experience is excessive and disabling

Answer 13

exaggerated grief

Question 14

special types of losses

Answer 14

suicide
euthanasia
hospice
SIDS
sudden death
miscarriage
stillbirth
abortion
anticipated death
Aids

Question 15

deliberate act of self destruction

Answer 15

suicide

Question 16

an unsuccessful suicide attempt

Answer 16

suicidal gesture

Question 17

thoughts about committing suicide

Answer 17

suicidal ideation

Question 18

Emile Durkheim’s 4 types of suicide

Answer 18

1. anomic
2. fatalistic
3. altruistic
4. egoistic

Question 19

studied thousands of cases of suicide to demonstrate his theory that a person commits suicide, because of the influence of society.

Answer 19

Emile Durkheim

Question 20

Emile Durkheim is known as the…

Answer 20

Father of Sociology

Question 21

when a person commits suicide during times of adverse conditions, such as war or financial hardship, when the rules of society don’t seem to apply.

Answer 21

anomic suicide

Question 22

when a person commits suicide because one feels over-regulated or over-controlled. They feel there is not other way out.

Answer 22

fatalistic suicide

Question 23

when a person commits suicide due to a high sense of group involvement or out of a sense of duty for a cause (Kamikaze pilots in WWII, suicide bombers)

Answer 23

altruistic suicide

Question 24

when a person commits suicide due to feelins of being a loner or feeling that one does not fit into society

Answer 24

egoistic

Question 25

derived from the Greek words for "well/good" and "death"

Answer 25

euthanasia

Question 26

the withholding of life-sustaining drugs or treatment, such as kidney dialysis, from a patient who is terminally ill.

Answer 26

passive euthanasia

Question 27

taking active measures, such as Dr. Kevorkian did, to end the life of a terminally ill patient.

Answer 27

active euthanasia

Question 28

Historically an inn for travelers, especially one kept by a religious order; also used to indicate a concept designed to treat patients with a life-limiting condition.

Answer 28

Hospice

Question 29

keeping the patient comfortable, versus curative care.

Answer 29

palliative care

Question 30

a child's understanding of death from BIRTH TO 3 YEARS..

Answer 30

no comprehension

Question 31

a child's understanding of death from 3 to 5 years...

Answer 31

1. unable to understand the finality | 2. death is like sleep or taking a journey

Question 32

a child's understanding of death from 5 to 9 years...

Answer 32

1. may understand that death is final, but may not accept it as something that happens to everyone 2. age where children tend to personify death...see it as a figure of some sort

Question 33

a child's understanding of death from 9 years and above...

Answer 33

understand that death is final, universal and will include themselves

Question 34

what NOT to say to children when explaining death...

Answer 34

``` Make believe stories or fairy tales Something you don’t believe yourself Mother has gone on a long journey “God” took daddy away because he wants and loves the good in heaven Daddy is now in heaven Grandma died because she was sick To die is to sleep ```

Question 35

what TO say to children when explaining death...

Answer 35

Share your own religious convictions Speak in concrete terms rather than philosophical ones Grant permission to cry and express feelings Acknowledge when you do not know the answer

Question 36

The funeral is an important occasion in the life of the family. A child should have the _______________ as other members of the family to attend the funeral, offer his or her last respects and express love and devotion.

Answer 36

same right

Question 37

Not only is it correct to permit a child to attend a funeral, but by approximately the age of _______, a child should be encourage to attend.

Answer 37

seven

Question 38

1. The functional position or role the deceased played in the family. 2. The emotional integration of the family. 3. How families facilitate or hinder emotional expression.

Answer 38

William Worden's Grief & Family Systems

Question 39

considered to be the father of the suicide prevention movement in the United States says: “I believe that the person who commits suicide puts his psychological skeleton in the survivors’ emotional closet.”

Answer 39

Edwin Shneidman

Question 40

Stated that suicide is the most difficult bereavement crisis for any family to face and resolve in an effective manner”.

Answer 40

Richard McGee

Question 41

most feeling experienced by both family and friends.

Answer 41

shame

Question 42

another common feeling – Families take responsibility of the action of the deceased and have a gnawing feeling that there was something they should or could have done to prevent the death.

Answer 42

guilt

Question 43

some people hand their own sense of being culpability by projecting their guilt onto others

Answer 43

blame

Question 44

is a common response after suicide. A primary thing among survivors of suicide is of their own self-destructive impulses. Many seem to carry with them a sense of fate or doom. Especially, true of sons of suicide victims

Answer 44

fear

Question 45

feeling of depressed and hopeless after the loss of a significant other is a common and usually transient phenomenon for many bereaved.

Answer 45

clinical depression

Question 46

another common response following loss. Serious alcoholism or other substance abuse that develops or is exacerbated by a death would be included here under exaggerated grief reactions. There are some who suffer loss, usually of a catastrophic nature, who develop signs and symptoms of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Answer 46

Anxiety

Question 47

The treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process

Answer 47

Therapy

Question 48

Professional guidance in resolving personal conflicts and emotional problems.

Answer 48

Counseling