TEST BANK
Understanding Death and Dying: Encountering Death, Dying,
and the Afterlife
Frank E. Eyetsemitan
1st Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Attitudes Toward Death and Dying 1
Chapter 02 The Socialization of Death and Dying 10
Chapter 03 Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Death and Dying 19
Chapter 04 Death Systems 27
Chapter 05 Healthcare 35
Chapter 06 End-of-Life Decisions 43
Chapter 07 Views and Treatment of Life-Threatening Diseases 50
Chapter 08 Death Rituals and Final Act on Dead Bodies 57
Chapter 09 The Experience of Loss 65
Chapter 10 The Dying Experiences of Children and Adolescents 73
Chapter 11 The Dying Experiences of Adults 81
Chapter 12 Suicide 88
Chapter 13 Death Caused by Accidents, Violence, and Trauma 95
Chapter 14 Afterlife Beliefs 102
Chapter 15 The Way Forward-Embracing Life and Embracing Death 109
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Test Bank - Understanding Death and Dying: Encountering Death, Dying, and the Afterlife, 1st Edition (Eyetsemitan, 2021)
Chapter 1: Attitudes Toward Death and Dying
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. A person’s settled disposition toward another person, group, object, or situation is
called an ______.
A. attitude
B. appraisal
C. attachment
D. attribution
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Define the term attitude and explain its three components.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Understanding Attitude
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Rosa’s belief that police department budgets should be reduced and funding
reallocated to better support families in marginalized communities reflects the ______
component of her attitude toward contemporary American policing.
A. perceptual
B. behavioral
C. cognitive
D. emotional
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Define the term attitude and explain its three components.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Components of Attitude
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Which statement is true regarding the components of an attitude?
A. Attitudes almost always predict behavior.
B. The cognitive component of an attitude almost always drives the emotional aspect.
C. The three components of an attitude influence each other.
D. An attitude may sometimes lack one of the three components.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-1: Define the term attitude and explain its three components.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Components of Attitude
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. With respect to positive attitudes toward death, which choice pairs a dying person’s
statement with the correct category of death acceptance?
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Test Bank - Understanding Death and Dying: Encountering Death, Dying, and the Afterlife, 1st Edition (Eyetsemitan, 2021)
A. “I’m going home.”--escape acceptance
B. “Goodbye, cruel world!”--escape acceptance
C. “I’m at peace.”--approach acceptance
D. “Goodbye, cruel world!”--neutral acceptance
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-2: Summarize the origins of attitudes in general and the origins of
death attitudes in particular.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Origins of Death Attitudes
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Little Bridget stands solemnly beside her mother Miranda while Miranda buries the
beloved family cat, Claudia. The ritual is MOST likely to contribute to the ______
component of Bridget’s attitude toward death.
A. emotional
B. cognitive
C. behavioral
D. conceptual
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-2: Summarize the origins of attitudes in general and the origins of
death attitudes in particular.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Parents
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Cases of suicide in one part of the United States have sometimes led to an increase
in suicides in other parts of the country, especially among young people. This
phenomenon is known as ______.
A. copycat suicides
B. a suicide spike
C. a suicide cluster
D. both A and C
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-2: Summarize the origins of attitudes in general and the origins of
death attitudes in particular.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Media
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Researchers Kevin Franke and Joseph Durlak (1990) found that the three
experiences that MOST significantly determine attitudes about death are, in order,
______.
A. (1) the death of a significant other, (2) a religious upbringing, and (3) a near-death
experience
B. (1) a religious upbringing, (2) the death of a significant other, and (3) a near-death
experience
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Understanding Death and Dying: Encountering Death, Dying,
and the Afterlife
Frank E. Eyetsemitan
1st Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Attitudes Toward Death and Dying 1
Chapter 02 The Socialization of Death and Dying 10
Chapter 03 Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Death and Dying 19
Chapter 04 Death Systems 27
Chapter 05 Healthcare 35
Chapter 06 End-of-Life Decisions 43
Chapter 07 Views and Treatment of Life-Threatening Diseases 50
Chapter 08 Death Rituals and Final Act on Dead Bodies 57
Chapter 09 The Experience of Loss 65
Chapter 10 The Dying Experiences of Children and Adolescents 73
Chapter 11 The Dying Experiences of Adults 81
Chapter 12 Suicide 88
Chapter 13 Death Caused by Accidents, Violence, and Trauma 95
Chapter 14 Afterlife Beliefs 102
Chapter 15 The Way Forward-Embracing Life and Embracing Death 109
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Test Bank - Understanding Death and Dying: Encountering Death, Dying, and the Afterlife, 1st Edition (Eyetsemitan, 2021)
Chapter 1: Attitudes Toward Death and Dying
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. A person’s settled disposition toward another person, group, object, or situation is
called an ______.
A. attitude
B. appraisal
C. attachment
D. attribution
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Define the term attitude and explain its three components.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Understanding Attitude
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Rosa’s belief that police department budgets should be reduced and funding
reallocated to better support families in marginalized communities reflects the ______
component of her attitude toward contemporary American policing.
A. perceptual
B. behavioral
C. cognitive
D. emotional
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Define the term attitude and explain its three components.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Components of Attitude
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Which statement is true regarding the components of an attitude?
A. Attitudes almost always predict behavior.
B. The cognitive component of an attitude almost always drives the emotional aspect.
C. The three components of an attitude influence each other.
D. An attitude may sometimes lack one of the three components.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-1: Define the term attitude and explain its three components.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Components of Attitude
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. With respect to positive attitudes toward death, which choice pairs a dying person’s
statement with the correct category of death acceptance?
______________________________________________________________________________________________
1|Page
, ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Test Bank - Understanding Death and Dying: Encountering Death, Dying, and the Afterlife, 1st Edition (Eyetsemitan, 2021)
A. “I’m going home.”--escape acceptance
B. “Goodbye, cruel world!”--escape acceptance
C. “I’m at peace.”--approach acceptance
D. “Goodbye, cruel world!”--neutral acceptance
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-2: Summarize the origins of attitudes in general and the origins of
death attitudes in particular.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Origins of Death Attitudes
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Little Bridget stands solemnly beside her mother Miranda while Miranda buries the
beloved family cat, Claudia. The ritual is MOST likely to contribute to the ______
component of Bridget’s attitude toward death.
A. emotional
B. cognitive
C. behavioral
D. conceptual
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-2: Summarize the origins of attitudes in general and the origins of
death attitudes in particular.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Parents
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Cases of suicide in one part of the United States have sometimes led to an increase
in suicides in other parts of the country, especially among young people. This
phenomenon is known as ______.
A. copycat suicides
B. a suicide spike
C. a suicide cluster
D. both A and C
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-2: Summarize the origins of attitudes in general and the origins of
death attitudes in particular.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Media
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Researchers Kevin Franke and Joseph Durlak (1990) found that the three
experiences that MOST significantly determine attitudes about death are, in order,
______.
A. (1) the death of a significant other, (2) a religious upbringing, and (3) a near-death
experience
B. (1) a religious upbringing, (2) the death of a significant other, and (3) a near-death
experience
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