test 1 Flashcards
how are attitudes toward yeah expressed in mass media
gruesome death, violent, shows the world as more violent, people are scared
how are attitudes toward death expressed in language
vague, passive, “laid to rest, passed away, remains, try not to be gruesome
how are attitudes toward death expressed in music
- dirge is a hymn of grief —elegies are musical setting for poems commemorating a persons death that are emotional and spiritual
- operas are an obsession with death or romanticized
- country has 7 different categories
1. pervasiveness of death
2. violent and tragic
3. songs of love and death
4. death and the family
5. celebrity of death
6. religious influences of death - blues, gospel music expresses a wealth of images of loss and grief
how are attitudes about death expressed with literature
- the language of bereavement and grief is enhanced buy literacy resources that help people give voice to their own stories of loss
- elegy, to a power or song memorializing the dead
- meaning of death is often explored as it relates to society as well as the individual
how are attitudes towards death expressed with visual arts
- revleased through symbols, signs and images
- sculpt to make them look like whatever you want
how are attitudes towards death expressed with humor
- defuses anxiety
- puts fearful possibilities into manageable perspective
- raises our consciousness about a taboo subject and gives us a way to talk about
- presents and opportunity to rise above sadness, providing a release from pain and promoting a sense of control over a traumatic situation, even if we cannot change it
- great leveler, it treats everyone alike and sends the message that there are no exemptions from the human predicament
what is the difference between an obituary and death notice
obituary is a long column that is very explanatory of life while a death notice is short and just states someone died
what is a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
euphemisms
ex.
Croaked= lo anger with us
left us = departed
terminated= resting in peace
what are types of music that use death themes
operas, plays, death metal, blues, country
what is the unique designation of the AIDS quilt
represents family and community.
- specific names for solidarity
- affirms the value of creative expression as a means of coping with loss
how is humor used to communicate messages in a health care setting
humor offers a way to cope with effects of shattering diagnosis
- serves a protective psychological function and help people maintain their equilibrium
- emergency service personnel use humor to distance themselves from horrific death as to rebound from traumatic experiences
summarize the research related to death anxiety
women have higher anxiety
- older people have low anxiety
- people who are religious have lower
- blacks have more anxiety
how has life expectancy changed since 1900
in US 47-79
less death with children
what are the leading causes of death in the U.S.
heart disease cancer respiratory disease stroke accidents alzheimers disease diabetes influenza/pneumonia kidney disease suicide
what are concepts of a mature concept of death
- Universality- all living things must die
- Irreversibility- death isn’t irrevocable and final. Organisms that die cannot be made alive again
- Non-functionality- death involves the cessation of all physiological functioning. All life-defining bodily functions and capabilities cease at death
- casualty- there are biological reasons for the occurrence of death. This component includes recognition of both internal and external causes of death
- Personal Mortality- it makes explicit the understanding not only that all living things die but also that each living thing will die
- non empirical human beings survive in some form beyond the death of the physical body.
How do children who have experienced death develop differently than those who have not
children who encounter death may arrive may arrive at a more mature understanding of death than is typical of other children
list and describe Erik Ericksons psychosocial stages of adult development
basic needs of connectedness and independence complement and support each other in the successful resolution of each stage. all issues surrounding the development of identity and the mastery of various tasks and skills are present at every period of a persons life
- 0-1 Trust versus mistrust
- 1-3 autonomy versus shame
- 3-6 Initiative versus guilt
- 6-11 industry versus interiority
- 11-19 identity versus confusion
- 19-40 intimacy versus isolation
- 40-65 generatively versus stagnation
- 65-65+ integrity versus despair
describe Piaget’s model of cognitive development
focus was on the cognitive transformations that occur during childhood. The basic unit of understanding is a scheme defined as a pattern of knowing something. Development occurs through two complementary processes; assimilation and accommodation.
how does socialization impacts a mature understanding of death
process by which an individual becomes identified as member of a particular culture, learning and internalizing the norms, values, rules and behaviors of society
how does re-socialization impact a mature understanding of death
uprooting and restructuring of basic attitudes, values or identities. Occurs when adults take on new roles that require replacing their existing values and modes of behavior.
EX. Widowhood
How does secondary socialization impact a mature understanding of death
the learning of new rules and behaviors when one becomes a member of a smaller group within the larger society, such as the military, a profession, an urban gang or a new neighborhood
how does tactic socialization impact a mature understanding of death
refers to a strategies that, for example, hospice caregivers use to informally teach people about death and dying
what are the themes of childrens stories and lullabies
death and violence, murder, misery, loss, mourning
how can parents and others fine teachable moments to help others understand death
immediacy such naturally occurring events are ideal for learning.
Do not scare children or others about death
what is all that in human society which is socially rather than biologically transmitted
culture
what is name avoidance and why is it practiced in some cultures
- deceased might be referred to as that one of allusions may be made to particular traits or a special quality a person was known for during is of her lifetime.
- Deceased is not referred to by name but not only be his or her relationship to the speaker, living people with the same name as the deceased must adopt new names, death names are given to closest kin, honor the memory of a loved one or to ensure that the should of the dead is reincarnated
what was buried within churchyards
charnel house
how did burial practices changed over the years and when rural cemeteries emerged
- 12th cent- individualism, images or representations of dead, preserve identity of person
- 13- effigies gave us clues about how people of the time viewed death
- Renaissance- burials began to take place at cemeteries
- 1830- tending to graveyards,
how had the deathbed scene has changed over the years
- -middle ages (people did not have sudden deaths. It was expected by natural causes or internal certainty. Offered themselves to God. Laying down, head facing east toward Jerusalem, family and friends are gathered. Public ceremony.
- following centuries- family and friends still gathered. Not as much religion
- Mid-twentieth century- technological process
facts about Mexican burial
Dia Dios Nuetros- celebration of life, clean graves, put flowers, altars in city
-decorates graves
-family takes care of deceased
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facts about native american burial
- do not embalm
- embrace death
- left their dead on frozen ground
- place dead in tombs
- southeastern- dig up corpses and clean the bones then bury again
- western mountains- bury in caves or rocks
- california- cremation
- Reincarnation
- believe in two souls- one that dies and one that wonders off after death for about 4 days
facts about African burial
- if you do not have the right kind of burial and death or they will haunt you
- leave body in home that they died in, for different amounts of times
- confuse the spirit, take them out through a hold, zig zags