Week 4 Lecture Flashcards
Culture & Thanatology
1
Q
Biological Death
A
death of the body
2
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Social death
A
- When people are treated as if they were dead when they are still alive
- Disintegration of social identity
3
Q
Psychological Death
A
unconsciousness
4
Q
Psychosocial Death
A
person has significantly changed, seems completely different then they once were
5
Q
Psychogenic Death
A
unexpected deaths of people in traumatic situations when they appear to ‘given up’ or lost the will to live
6
Q
Legal death
A
one who is declared dead even if their body is not found
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