Deck 10: Life After Loss: Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning

Question 1

The response to the loss of a close personal relationship is best described as __________.

A) mourning
B) bereavement
C) grief
D) depression

Answer 1

bereavement

Question 2

__________ is a reaction to bereavement.

A) Grief
B) Mourning
C) Anxiety
D) Memory loss

Answer 2

Grief

Question 3

The process that survivors go through after experiencing loss is called __________.

A) thantology
B) bereavement
C) grief
D) mourning

Answer 3

mourning

Question 4

Difficulty performing social roles is an example of a(n) __________ manifestation of grief.

A) spiritual
B) social
C) emotional
D) cognitive

Question 5

Shock, sadness, anger, relief, guilt, anxiety, and numbness are __________ manifestations of grief.

A) emotional
B) physical
C) social
D) spiritual

Question 6

After his wife died, Larry began attending counseling sessions to confront and deal with his loss. What is Larry doing?

A) loss work
B) cultural mourning
C) thanological work
D) grief work

Question 7

What scholar defined and explained the term 'grief work'?

A) Ross
B) Bowlby
C) Freud
D) Durkheim

Question 8

The broken bonds theory uses __________ as a key concept to help explain the interpersonal dimension of grief.

A) intensive caring
B) attachment
C) bereavement
D) mourning

Question 9

In his work, Parkes identifies __________ phases of grief that ebb and flow as the process unfolds.

A) three
B) five
C) seven
D) twelve

Question 10

It has been a year since Jenny became a widow. After going through an intense grieving process Jenny feels like she has adjusted to the loss of her partner and relearned how to live alone on a day-to-day basis. What outcome of grief would Parkes likely say Jenny experienced?

A) pathological grief
B) normal grief
C) complicated grief
D) chronic grief

Question 11

__________ help explain individual variation in completing the universal tasks of mourning.

A) Mediators of mourning
B) Mourning ambiguities
C) Intercepts of grief
D) Moderators of bereavement

Question 12

There is no widely accepted cultural word used to describe loss of a relationship from death for __________.

A) husbands who lose a wife
B) children who lose a parent
C) wives who lose a husband
D) parents who lose a child

Question 13

The first 'task of mourning', or the mourning work individuals do, is __________.

A) emotionally relocate and move on with life
B) adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing
C) accept the reality of loss
D) work through the pain and grief

Question 14

The kind of loss generally experienced after a lengthy illness is __________ loss.

A) sudden
B) expected
C) planned
D) immediate

Question 15

__________ refers to grieving that begins in anticipation of someone's death.

A) Planned bereavement
B) Sudden grief
C) Anticipatory grief
D) Disequilibrium

Question 16

Since the suicide of his brother Robert has had a difficult time coming to terms with loss. At times Robert feels guilty and angry at himself for not having a better relationship with his brother while he was alive. He feels that he had unfinished business with his brother. What type of delayed grief is Robert most likely experiencing?

A) conflicted
B) chronic
C) dependent
D) normal

Question 17

The process of __________ varies according to cultural context.

A) libido
B) expected loss
C) mourning
D) science

Question 18

Who did Bonanno and colleagues study in his exploration of grief patterns and trajectories?

A) children who lost siblings
B) parents who lost children
C) widows and widowers
D) children who lost parents

Question 19

What religious tradition is widely practiced by the Japanese?

A) Hinduism
B) Christianity
C) Islam
D) Buddhism

Question 20

In Japanese cultural traditions the __________ are considered to be the spirits closest to the living.

A) shirei
B) senzo
C) hotoke
D) kami

Question 21

Los Dias de Muertos and O Bon are holidays that celebrate the __________.

A) end of a war
B) spirits of ancestors
C) new year
D) current political leader

Question 22

The back and forth process of confronting and avoiding dealing with grief is called __________.

A) oscillation
B) bereavement
C) respite
D) broken bonds

Question 23

In the __________ model of coping following the death of a loved one, bereaved people often alternate between two different types of coping.

A) loss-oriented
B) dual-process
C) restoration-oriented
D) chronic grief

Question 24

To really embrace diversity, as a culture we must reject __________.

A) politics
B) capitalism
C) rituals
D) universals

Question 25

Grief and mourning are processes that occur in response to __________.

A) anticipatory loss
B) cultural change
C) bereavement
D) hospice care

Question 26

What does it mean to say that grief is a unique experience? In your essay, explain some of the various ways grief can manifest itself for individuals and how this framework can be used to better understand the experience of grief.

Question 27

Discuss the concept of 'grief work.' What is it? How is it accomplished? How might it vary for individuals? How has the concept been critiqued/criticized by scholars?

Question 28

Explain how ancestor worship occurs in Japanese culture. Specifically, explain the various names for the deceased in the spirit world.

Question 29

What aspects of contemporary Western life stifle the process of survivors coming together to share the stories of a recently deceased person's life that, in a sense, 'recreate' the person's biography? How, if at all, are these characteristics different in non-Westernized cultures?

Question 30

Explain the four possible roles played by deceased loved ones in the lives of survivors. How, if at all, do any of these roles help explain the attachments survivors have to a lost loved one?