Deck 2: The American Experience of Death

Question 1

Cryonics suggests a denial of death.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In thanatology "death fear" and "death anxiety" are used synonymously.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Death anxiety is a multidimensional concept.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Ultimately,all deaths are brain deaths.

Question 5

In all likelihood,the meaning of death may change in the future as it has in the past.

Question 6

When a person dies,many "person" or role occupants die.

Question 7

According to the United Nations' definition of death,a death cannot occur until a live birth has taken place.

Question 8

According to Radcliffe?Brown,religion provides individuals with a sense of comfort and anxiety relief.

Question 9

The death of an individual is a personal,not a social,experience.

Question 10

It is only in recent years that we have been able to scientifically determine the real meaning of death.

Question 11

The meaning of death is socially determined by human beings rather than determined biologically.

Question 12

Death is inherently fearful-all people fear death by nature.

Question 13

For most people the process of dying causes less concern than the event of death.

Question 14

The empirical research by Michael Leming supported Homans' theorizing on the relationship between religion and death anxiety.

Question 15

People tend to fear the process of dying more than the event of death.

Question 16

According to Leming and Dickinson,the fear of the unknown and the fate of the body are the two areas of greatest anxiety for most people.

Question 17

Seventy-five percent of current deaths in the United States occur in institutional settings-hospitals and nursing homes.

Question 18

Malinowski viewed religion as the "great anxiety reliever."

Question 19

The Harvard definition of death defines death in terms of respiration and heart functioning.

Question 20

Using euphemisms for death suggests that the United States is a death-denying society.

Question 21

Since World War I many requiem compositions are dedicated to large groups of the deceased,not to individuals.

Question 22

Middle-class Americans in the late 19th century wished to experience death with order.

Question 23

Death was "resurrected" in America after World War I,the first truly global war.

Question 24

The President's Commission for the study of Biomedical and Behavioral Research to study ethical and legal implications regarding death definitions was established by President

A)Carter.
B)Clinton.
C)Eisenhower.
D)Bush.
E)Reagan.

Question 25

According to Leming and Dickinson,which of the following is True?

A)People who have weak religious commitments are most likely to fear death.
B)People who have strong religious commitments are most likely to fear death.
C)People who have moderate religious commitments are most likely to fear death.
D)None of the above have been demonstrated by empirical research.

Question 26

Puritans were more likely to pray for the soul of the deceased than they were for the comfort of the bereaved.

Question 27

At the time of death,the Puritan family usually sent for a medical doctor to care for the corpse.

Question 28

Whether or not the United States is a death-denying society is not agreed upon,according to your text.

Question 29

Which is not evidence that the United States is a death-denying society?

A)Euphemisms are used for death.
B)A taboo on death conversation
C)Cryonics
D)Having life insurance
E)Calling in a professional to handle the body

Question 30

The case of Terri Schiavo in Florida in 2004-2005 illustrates the importance of an advanced directive.

Question 31

The Living Death period of the history of death was from 1830 to 1945.

Question 32

The "ideology of separate spheres" in the late 19th century contributed to more open discussion of death in American society.

Question 33

Puritans encouraged each other to fear death.

Question 34

At the beginning of the 20th century,the funeral industry attempted to keep death out of sight and out of mind.

Question 35

It was customary for Puritans to embalm the body before burial.

Question 36

Between 1600 and 1830,death was a living part of the American experience.

Question 37

During the Victorian era in American society,grievers were encouraged to express their emotions in response to the death of a loved one.
31,Scientific naturalism contributed to the hope that physical immortality might be a possibility for future Americans.

Question 38

Perhaps the most accurate way to determine death is via brain death using an EEG.

Question 39

The threat of "megadeath" war inherently calls into question the possibility of all forms of immortality.

Question 40

Like modern thanatologists,Puritans felt an awareness of death could improve the quality of life.

Question 41

Which of the following is True?

A)According to Radcliffe?Brown,religion provides individuals with a sense of comfort and anxiety relief.
B)What a person believes about dying has more influence than how deeply he or she believes it.
C)George Homans disagreed with both Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown,arguing that death anxiety is highest for both the very religious and the nonbeliever.
D)The empirical research by Michael Leming supported Homans's theorizing on the relationship between religion and death anxiety.
E)All of the above.

Question 42

Which of the following statements is False concerning death-related behavior of Americans during the Victorian period of history?

A)Grievers were encouraged to express their emotions in response to the death of a loved one.
B)A more elaborate funeral ritual involving "therapeutic self- indulgence" was encouraged.
C)Mourning clothes were worn as one method for extending the period of lamentation.
D)None of the above.

Question 43

The case in Florida of Terri Schiavo in 2004-2005 illustrates the importance of

A)an advanced directive.
B)a will.
C)dying without a will.
D)stem-cell research.

Question 44

The middle class in the late 19th century achieved "death with order" by

A)making sure the death of loved ones occurred in full view of the family.
B)preparing funeral arrangements far in advance.
C)creating separate sphere ideology: men's work away from the home,women's work from men's,specialists (medical,clerical,etc. ).
D)None of the above.

Question 45

Which of the following statements is False?

A)In most areas of America,a basically "Puritan Way of Death" persisted until the 19th century.
B)The "ideology of separate spheres" contributed to more open discussion of death in American society.
C)At the turn of the 20th century,the funeral industry attempted to keep death out of sight and out of mind.
D)Middle-class Americans wished to experience death with order.

Question 46

The Puritans encouraged each other to _____________ death.

A)look forward to
B)think about
C)be anxious toward
D)fear

Question 47

Which of the following statements is False concerning death-related behavior of the Puritans?

A)Puritans felt that an awareness of death could improve the quality of life.
B)Puritans encouraged each other to fear death.
C)It was customary for Puritans to embalm the body before the burial.
D)The Puritans felt that death was a living part of the American experience.

Question 48

Death was "resurrected" after 1945,why?

A)The atomic age brought about the possible annihilation of the entire human race.
B)The losses of millions of soldiers in WWII "brought death home" for the world.
C)People began to fear death more because of the increase in infant deaths.
D)Society began to look inward for answers,and death as a topic naturally evolved.

Question 49

During the Dying of Death Period (1830-1945),which did not occur?

A)Landscaped rural cemeteries
B)Life insurance
C)Fall of the middle class
D)Professional funeral organizations