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Developmental Psychology Module 7 Exam
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Which death pattern is NOT common today?
-dying slowly
-dying in old age
-rarely seeing people die - Answer✔dying within a few days of getting ill
All are advantages of U.S. hospice programs EXCEPT:
-being cared for by loved ones.
-dying in a much loved physical place.
-avoiding being artificially kept alive by machines. - Answer✔having a more private, isolated
death.
The elderly are MORE _____ of dying than younger adults.
-terrified and phobic
-depressed and frightened
-angry and rejecting - Answer✔accepting and less fearful
Generalizing from the text, which is the BEST strategy for a health-care professional to follow
with terminally ill patients?
-Bring up the topic of dying so that people fully express their emotions.
-Try to get people to move from bargaining to anger, to depression, to acceptance.
-Avoid the topic of dying and death. - Answer✔Take cues from individual people as to whether
they want to talk about dying.
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Hardit's wife is dying of cancer and wants to spend her final days at home. He discovers a
program that will provide him with training, emotional support, and a volunteer to stay with his
wife for a few hours each week so he can have some relief. This program is called:
-a palliative-care unit.
-Medicare.
-a terminal illness program. - Answer✔hospice.
Which grief pattern is universal?
-yearning for a deceased loved one for decades
-keeping one's emotions in check around family and friends
-being terribly upset during the first 6 months, and then slowly reconnecting with life -
Answer✔having no pattern, as people and cultures grieve in different ways
Which physician is NOT practicing passive euthanasia?
-Dr. Shura withdraws a terminally ill patient's feeding tube when that person has specified, "I
don't want heroic life-saving measures."
-Dr. Jones holds off giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during a heart attack to a
nursing-home resident with a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order in that person's chart.
-Dr. Lim does not transfer a nursing-home resident with a Do Not Hospitalize (DNH) order to
the nearest medical center when she gets a high fever. - Answer✔Dr. Nedler prescribes a lethal
drug to a terminally ill patient who wants to end his life.
All things being equal, who will have the MOST difficult time coming to terms with death?
-Mrs. Brancusi, who just lost her husband
-Mr. Barker, who just lost his wife
-Mr. Blanco, whose sister just died - Answer✔Mr. and Mrs. Bui, whose child just died
All are examples of advance directives EXCEPT:
-durable powers of attorney for health care.
-living wills.
-Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders. - Answer✔wills.
During the twentieth century, doctors began to see death as:
-normal.
-rare.
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-predictable at every age. - Answer✔a symptom of failure.
All are features of palliative-care units EXCEPT:
-state-of-the-art pain control techniques.
-efforts to make patients comfortable.
-dignified deaths. - Answer✔cure-oriented treatments.
If Mr. Hayes has entered a medical center's "palliative care" unit, the staff will:
-adopt heroic measures to save Mr. Hayes's life.
-withdraw as Mr. Hayes is dying.
-employ the latest medical technologies in treating Mr. Hayes. - Answer✔shift from trying to
cure Mr. Hayes and promote dignified dying.
An elderly widow wants to make sure her end-of-life wishes are implemented, but she is unsure
which document to sign. Based on the research, an attorney should recommend:
-filling out a very specific living will, explaining exactly which medical interventions she does
and does not want.
-completing a standard living will.
-completing a DNH order. - Answer✔giving a durable power of attorney for health care to a
specific child, but making sure she repeatedly tells the whole family what she wants.
Kübler-Ross's enduring contribution to death and dying was to:
-show that terminally ill people progress through five stages.
-highlight that everyone wants to talk about being terminally ill.
-reveal that anger and bargaining are important emotions in terminal illness. - Answer✔alert
society to the need to pay attention to the emotions of terminally ill people.
In a living will, the:
-person designates someone else to make health care decisions when she or he is
incapacitated.
-doctor and family automatically make health care decisions in the case of incapacity.
-person says if he or she wants to live in the case of cardiac arrest. - Answer✔person spells out
his or her health care wishes if he or she is incapacitated.
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Developmental Psychology Module 7 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers 100%
Verified.
Which death pattern is NOT common today?
-dying slowly
-dying in old age
-rarely seeing people die - Answer✔dying within a few days of getting ill
All are advantages of U.S. hospice programs EXCEPT:
-being cared for by loved ones.
-dying in a much loved physical place.
-avoiding being artificially kept alive by machines. - Answer✔having a more private, isolated
death.
The elderly are MORE _____ of dying than younger adults.
-terrified and phobic
-depressed and frightened
-angry and rejecting - Answer✔accepting and less fearful
Generalizing from the text, which is the BEST strategy for a health-care professional to follow
with terminally ill patients?
-Bring up the topic of dying so that people fully express their emotions.
-Try to get people to move from bargaining to anger, to depression, to acceptance.
-Avoid the topic of dying and death. - Answer✔Take cues from individual people as to whether
they want to talk about dying.
1
, ©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 12:43 PM.
Hardit's wife is dying of cancer and wants to spend her final days at home. He discovers a
program that will provide him with training, emotional support, and a volunteer to stay with his
wife for a few hours each week so he can have some relief. This program is called:
-a palliative-care unit.
-Medicare.
-a terminal illness program. - Answer✔hospice.
Which grief pattern is universal?
-yearning for a deceased loved one for decades
-keeping one's emotions in check around family and friends
-being terribly upset during the first 6 months, and then slowly reconnecting with life -
Answer✔having no pattern, as people and cultures grieve in different ways
Which physician is NOT practicing passive euthanasia?
-Dr. Shura withdraws a terminally ill patient's feeding tube when that person has specified, "I
don't want heroic life-saving measures."
-Dr. Jones holds off giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during a heart attack to a
nursing-home resident with a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order in that person's chart.
-Dr. Lim does not transfer a nursing-home resident with a Do Not Hospitalize (DNH) order to
the nearest medical center when she gets a high fever. - Answer✔Dr. Nedler prescribes a lethal
drug to a terminally ill patient who wants to end his life.
All things being equal, who will have the MOST difficult time coming to terms with death?
-Mrs. Brancusi, who just lost her husband
-Mr. Barker, who just lost his wife
-Mr. Blanco, whose sister just died - Answer✔Mr. and Mrs. Bui, whose child just died
All are examples of advance directives EXCEPT:
-durable powers of attorney for health care.
-living wills.
-Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders. - Answer✔wills.
During the twentieth century, doctors began to see death as:
-normal.
-rare.
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-predictable at every age. - Answer✔a symptom of failure.
All are features of palliative-care units EXCEPT:
-state-of-the-art pain control techniques.
-efforts to make patients comfortable.
-dignified deaths. - Answer✔cure-oriented treatments.
If Mr. Hayes has entered a medical center's "palliative care" unit, the staff will:
-adopt heroic measures to save Mr. Hayes's life.
-withdraw as Mr. Hayes is dying.
-employ the latest medical technologies in treating Mr. Hayes. - Answer✔shift from trying to
cure Mr. Hayes and promote dignified dying.
An elderly widow wants to make sure her end-of-life wishes are implemented, but she is unsure
which document to sign. Based on the research, an attorney should recommend:
-filling out a very specific living will, explaining exactly which medical interventions she does
and does not want.
-completing a standard living will.
-completing a DNH order. - Answer✔giving a durable power of attorney for health care to a
specific child, but making sure she repeatedly tells the whole family what she wants.
Kübler-Ross's enduring contribution to death and dying was to:
-show that terminally ill people progress through five stages.
-highlight that everyone wants to talk about being terminally ill.
-reveal that anger and bargaining are important emotions in terminal illness. - Answer✔alert
society to the need to pay attention to the emotions of terminally ill people.
In a living will, the:
-person designates someone else to make health care decisions when she or he is
incapacitated.
-doctor and family automatically make health care decisions in the case of incapacity.
-person says if he or she wants to live in the case of cardiac arrest. - Answer✔person spells out
his or her health care wishes if he or she is incapacitated.
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