Deck 3: For Everything There Is a Season

Question 1

As a result of modernization it is increasingly rare for __________ to die.

A) adults
B) children
C) men
D) women

Answer 1

children

Question 2

Since the 1980s death rates are lowest for what U.S. age group?

A) 65 years old and over
B) 45-64 years old
C) 25-44 years old
D) 1-4 years old

Answer 2

1-4 years old

Question 3

When children are born with structural deformities in the developing fetus they have __________.

A) a congenital malformation
B) Type 2 diabetes
C) TB
D) heart disease

Answer 3

a congenital malformation

Question 4

Between the ages of 1 and 44 the most common cause of death for Americans is __________.

A) heart disease
B) congenital malformation
C) unintentional injury
D) suicide

Question 5

Crib death is also known as __________.

A) SIDS
B) ADHD
C) HIV
D) TB

Question 6

The common term for malignant neoplasm is __________.

A) infant respiratory syndrome
B) sudden infant death syndrome
C) cancer
D) hepatitis

Question 7

__________ are the most common cause of accidental death.

A) Sexually transmitted infections
B) Medical malpractices
C) Drug overdoses
D) Car accidents

Question 8

Cognitive development refers to the maturity of one's __________.

A) thinking
B) body
C) finances
D) sexual self

Question 9

According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development between birth and 1.5 years old children are in the __________ stage.

A) preoperational
B) concrete operations
C) sensorimotor
D) formal operations

Question 10

What scholar was among the first to explicitly try to draw a conclusion about age, cognitive development, and understanding death?

A) Nagy
B) Piaget
C) Foucault
D) Kinsey

Question 11

Irreversibility, universality, and inevitability are the basic elements of __________.

A) an immature understanding of mortality
B) cognitive development theory
C) biomedical science
D) a mature understanding of death

Question 12

A deeper understanding that all living things eventually die, including ourselves, is referred to as __________.

A) personal mortality
B) continuity
C) nonfunctionality
D) causality

Question 13

There is empirical evidence that gravely ill children's understanding of death __________.

A) deviates from the standard development account
B) is similar to the standard development account
C) can be explained with medicalization theory
D) occurs in the personal mortality stage of cognitive development

Question 14

Professional therapists often use __________ therapy to treat children.

A) family
B) physical
C) talk
D) creative

Question 15

What prominent scholar developed an influential model of social development?

A) Freud
B) Erickson
C) Piaget
D) Nagy

Question 16

According to Erickson's model of social development, an individual in their late 20s is likely to be struggling with __________.

A) guilt
B) stagnation
C) isolation
D) inferiority

Question 17

When someone reflects on their own life at the end of it they are engaging in the process of __________.

A) life review
B) social development
C) isolation
D) inferiority

Question 18

According to Erickson's theory of social development, the main struggle of preschool children is __________.

A) role confusion
B) shame
C) isolation
D) guilt

Question 19

Joan Erickson elaborated a __________ stage of life in the social development model.

A) third
B) fifth
C) ninth
D) fifteenth

Question 20

Adolescent males are __________ as likely to die from traffic accidents as adolescent females.

A) twice
B) three times
C) six times
D) ten times

Question 21

What is the leading cause of death for Americans age 65 and older?

A) unintentional injury
B) heart disease
C) congenital malformation
D) homicide

Question 22

Describe the five stages of Piaget's theory of cognitive development and explain how Nagy contributes to our understanding of Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

Question 23

Articulate the main tenants of Erickson's model of social development. How can this model help us understand our lifelong understanding of death?

Question 24

Explain how adolescent egocentrism, the imaginary audience, and personal fables are related to an adolescent's conceptualization of death and dying.

Question 25

Outline how Joan Erickson added to her husband, Erik Erickson's, social development model. What elements of social development emerge late in life? How are these characteristics similar and different to other stages of social development?

Question 26

Compare and contrast Piaget's theory of cognitive development and Erickson's theory of social development. How are the two models similar and different? Concurrently, what can they tell us about how adolescents and adults understanding death and dying differently?