Deck 12: Personal Loss

Question 1

The more contemporary Dutro model of grieving is a fixed,linear stage model that proposes that people all grieve in about the same way.​

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The dual process model is an approach-avoidance model that includes restoration and loss orientation.​

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Cultural and social norms have a lot to do with disenfranchised grief.​

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Research has shown that because of a lack of cognitive development,young children grieve little,if any.​

Question 5

Short-term grief work is more concerned with support in terms of "being there" rather than "doing things" for the bereaved's psychological well-being.

Question 6

In Bowlby's attachment model it is important to emotionally "attach" to the loss so as to integrate it into one's personality and move forward.​

Question 7

Complicated grief occurs because there are very few clues to identify it.​

Question 8

The Texas Grief Inventory can determine the progress of grief resolution.​

Question 9

Disputing negative self-talk a bereaved divorced person has about the break-up of a marriage may be effective because emotional energy can then be directed toward dealing constructively with real,contemporary issues.​

Question 10

The Kubler-Ross model of loss is probably the most well known and most useful model of understanding loss in the present day.​

Question 11

Culturally,there seem to be three general patterns of response to death: death accepting,death denying,and death defying.​

Question 12

In prolonged grief and mourning the person both denies or represses the loss and will not give up the lost loved one.​

Question 13

Peer deaths for adolescents can be particularly traumatic for them because the deaths are not normative,unexpected and shouldn't happen much like adults in handling grief.​

Question 14

Narrative therapy is particularly important in grief work because it involves the thematic meaning of the loss.​

Question 15

The death of a spouse,although traumatic has no effect on the surviving spouse's mortality rate.​

Question 16

The Schneider model of grief is a comprehensive integration of physical,cognitive,emotional,behavioral,and spiritual components of living.​

Question 17

Bereavement overload is real and can be extremely detrimental to workers​

Question 18

AIDS may be defined as a disease of crisis events.​

Question 19

The Adaptive model of grieving is about how a survivor copes with loss.​

Question 20

Only children suffer serious feelings of loss when a pet dies.​

Question 21

In the Schneider Model of Grief,the stage called gaining perspective on the loss is described as the griever reaching the point of accepting the loss,which is characterized by:​

A)reaching a point of accepting that "what is done is done."
B)providing time to make peace with the past.​
C)both a and b above are characterized by this particular stage of grief.​
D)neither a or b above are characterized by this particular grief stage.​

Question 22

In the Dutro Model,the concepts of grief and loss are purported to be more dynamic,moving from the medical or pathological theories to more interactive models.This model refutes many of the older theories of grief.Which of the following is not an example?​

A)The common assumptions concerning the stages of grief are not supported.
B)Placing time limitations on grief is inappropriate.​
C)Suppression of sadness being viewed as pathological is an error.​
D)Loss orientation is a post-trauma growth factor.​

Question 23

Of the following,which is not a reason that human service workers should have their own loss issues resolved?​

A)Over-investment in the client
B)Transference of one's own unresolved feelings to the client​
C)Burning out on the subject​
D)The strength of shared emotional pain brings worker and client closer together​

Question 24

The Kubler-Ross model proposes that individuals go through common stages as they experience a loss.​

Question 25

The stages of dying in the Kubler-Ross model are more or less:​

A)pain,shock,remorse,coping,healing.
B)denial,anger,bargaining,depression,acceptance.​
C)anxiety,terror,bargaining,faith,resignation.​
D)None of the answers are correct.​

Question 26

According to Schneider,all crises can eventually be:​

A)reformulated within a context of growth.
B)classified under one of the three patterns of responses of death accepting,death defying or death denying.​
C)viewed within a multicultural context.​
D)classified under the Kubler-Ross model of the stages of grief and bereavement.​

Question 27

Grief in the elderly:​

A)may be more prolonged than with younger people.
B)is easier because the elderly have suffered loss before.​
C)is much the same as with small children.​
D)may be easier due to the fewer peers with whom they have to deal.​

Question 28

Disenfranchised grief occurs:​

A)only in illicit,"forbidden" relationships.
B)when a loss is experienced and it cannot be openly acknowledged.​
C)when the person doesn't acknowledge it to him- or herself.​
D)when the person doesn't acknowledge it to the deceased.​

Question 29

Loss through separation and divorce may feature all of these,except:​

A)is correlated with major mental illness.
B)can be healing and constructive.​
C)even if desired,may be filled with a sense of frustration,loss,and mourning.​
D)a sense of calm and relief for children.​

Question 30

An appropriate example of providing immediate,short-term,and brief crisis intervention with the bereaved following a sudden death would be:​

A)working through long buried guilt feelings.
B)planning new relationships now that the loved one is gone.​
C)referral to a support group.​
D)providing referral sources to make arrangements for the funeral,and information about autopsy and donor rights.​

Question 31

A basic,personal resource (as opposed to professional skill)of the human service worker who deals with bereavement and loss is:​

A)coming to grips with one's own issues about death.
B)reading extensively in the death and dying literature.​
C)attending workshops and classes on the subject of death.​
D)All of the answers are equally important.​

Question 32

Because of the traumatic nature of death,young children should most generally be shielded from it so they do not become overly traumatized.​

Question 33

Regardless of the age of parents or children,the death of a child is always a major loss that is affected by:​

A)parental anger and denial.
B)the child's age,suddenness of death,circumstances of death,and the family situation.​
C)cultural dynamics.​
D)the parents' attachment style.​

Question 34

Restoration orientation occurs when grievers experience full blown emotional catharsis.​

Question 35

Reformulating loss in a context of growth in the grieving process means:​

A)numbing oneself to future crisis because of familiarity with the experience.
B)​resolving the loss of a loved one.
C)​emerging from the crisis with greater strength.
D)obtaining help from a support group.

Question 36

In dealing with children who have suffered loss,an adult should:​

A)shield and protect the child.
B)be truthful and consistent.​
C)be concerned if the child seems uncaring.​
D)push the child to talk about the loss.​

Question 37

Kubler-Ross believes that our culture sees death as:​

A)a transition into a greater eternal life.
B)​defeatable through modern medical science.
C)​an unspeakable issue,more so than sex or violence.
D)a resolvable issue through erecting monuments and memorials.

Question 38

About the best one can hope for after a hard loss is,in time to get back to some semblance of equilibrium and homeostasis.​

Question 39

A common practice of going through a family album after a deceased's death would be most characteristic of an intuitive type griever.​

Question 40

Which of the following isnot found in complicated grief and mourning?​

A)Severe separation anxiety and distressed yearning
B)Denial,repression and avoidance of the loss​
C)Intense intrusive thoughts about the deceased​
D)Reformulation of loss in a context of growth​

Question 41

Assume that you have been retained as a paid consultant with an agency that is in the process of establishing an AIDS/HIV-positive crisis intervention center.Make a list of the initial start-up services and components that you will recommend in order to best serve this unique and special clientele.​

Question 42

The stage theories of grief are no longer considered very valid because:​

A)one size fits all models don't work.
B)Kubler-Ross's theory applied only to death.​
C)Bowlby's theory applied only to childhood.​
D)stage models are flexible and provide little structure for grieving people.​

Question 43

The Dual process model involves:​

A)emotional resource allocation to new modes of living.
B)release of emotional attachment of the loss object.​
C)movement at one's own pace between a loss orientation and a restoration orientation.​
D)the bi-polar dilemma of death avoiding and death approaching.​

Question 44

When using the dual process model you should:​

A)attempt to determine early attachments as they impact the loss.
B)​determine what Kubler-Ross stage the client is in.
C)not push clients toward resolution.Let the oscillation work.​
D)deeply empathize with the person's grief but do not let vicarious traumatization occur.​

Question 45

Loss and bereavement in a HIV+ client might include all of these,except:​

A)continuing transcrises events.
B)being depressed,anxious nervous,and angry.​
C)numerous secondary losses a such as one's job.​
D)Piagetian.​

Question 46

A DIVORCE map is a way of getting at:​

A)previous unseparated attachments.
B)​finding and disputing the client's irrational beliefs.
C)​restoration activities.
D)loss orientation.

Question 47

Compare the Adaptive model and the Dual Process model.What are the similarities and differences? Which seems to fit best to your style of counseling? Why is that so?​

Question 48

From a Piagetian standpoint,the preoperational child's egocentric view of death may be:​

A)laced with magical thinking and fantasy with no clear view of death's finality.
B)programmed to follow the parental view of death.​
C)related to the unique and particular relationship with the deceased.​
D)subject to social influence that is accompanied by numerous negative cultural messages about death.​

Question 49

Assessment tools such as the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief generally look for:​

A)how much the person lost and what it meant.
B)what the person lost and what it meant.​
C)where the person lost and what it meant.​
D)what the course of the grief is and how it is progressing.​

Question 50

If you were a survivor and were moving on the Adaptive model continuum 6 months after your partner's death,you might be:​

A)at the restoration end.
B)in between the two ends.​
C)still at the loss end.​
D)anywhere on the continuum.​

Question 51

Discuss the case of Ann Marie and what purpose the suggestion to go to the cemetery and talk to her dead mother served?​

Question 52

Discuss the pros and cons of stage models of grief.Provide an argument for a stage model of grief.​