Unit 10 Test- AP PSYCH

Question 1

Passive Euthanasia

Answer 1

Continuation of the somatic death: Removal of artificial life support with the intention of resuming the natural dying process
1) Heart Pump
2) Respirator/Ventilator
3) Feeding tube
(Completely Legal)

Question 2

“Living Will”

Answer 2

Legal documents that can express the patients intentions if rendered in a state of physical and mental incapacitation
- as specific as the person wishes

Question 3

Active Euthanasia

Answer 3

Assisted Suicide —-> “Mercy Killing”
- person isn’t on artificial life support but due to their conditions (such as a terminal illness) they don’t want to live
- Dr.Kevorkian and the “Right to Die Movement”
- Widely considered ethical and humane, but illegal to administer in the U.S (except OR, WA, NM, VT, and MT)

Question 4

How do we care for there terminally ill

Answer 4

Home: the traditional place unit; the late 1950s
- remains the most common place for death in pre-industrial societies

Hospitals: became the most common place to die from late ‘50’s - mid ‘80’s
- technology was able to delay the death/dying process
- terminally ill patients would typically remain in the hospital until death
- facility rules, treatment schedules, limited visitation, etc. created a restrictive environment that was not accommodating to the special needs of the paitent and family

Acute Care Facilities= “Nursing Homes” —-> assisted living institutions

Hospice/Home Hospice- focused on treating the patient not just the condition/illness –> medical treatment coupled with emotional therapy
* by the mid 1980’s, most American deaths occurred outside hospitals

Question 5

Concluding Terms and Concepts : BEREAVMENT

Answer 5

The emotional and behavioral experience of a loss of a loved one due to death

Question 6

Concluding Terms and Concepts : GREIF (in relation to death)

Answer 6

Emotional responce to a loss of life

Question 7

Concluding Terms and Concepts : MOURNING

Answer 7

Socio- Cultural behaviors and reactions to a loss of life
- ways of expressing greif
- allows for psychological healing –> emotional recovery

Question 8

Concluding Terms and Concepts : RECOVERY

Answer 8

Readjustment to daily life often by assuming new roles and responsibilities

Question 9

Funeral and Ritual Practices : 3 legal American options to dispose of a body

Answer 9

1) Burial
2) Cremation
3) Donation for Scientific Research
- requires pre-conceited legal documentation

Question 10

Funeral and Ritual Practices : 3 Sociological and Physiological functions (culturally variant) - what happens after a death?

Answer 10

1) Appropriate Disposal of the body (3 options)
2) Physically exposes people to death
–> enables (forces) people to come to terms with their own death
3) Provides a sense of finality and closure
–> essential to allow survivors to move on with their lives

Question 11

Factors that increase longevity

Answer 11

Healthcare, working conditions, solution regulation, medical technology and proactive care = $$$, government policy- FDA, OSHAA, EPA, etc., sanitation and hygiene. education and healthier life styles, genetics

Question 12

Order of brain death

Answer 12

CORTEX (makes you you) - HINDBRAIN (what makes you survive)

Question 13

What is the significance of the Stats of the life expectancy trends over the years

Answer 13

Death and the dying process became prolonged