CRIS 605-Chapter 8
questions and answers
2025(graded A+)
founder of suicidology - answer Edwin Shneidman
occur for a financial or concrete gain - answer instrumental acts
attempt to reduce psychological pain (feelings of depression, guilt,
disempowerment, hopelessness, etc.) - answer expressive acts
___ ___ worldwide commit suicide annually (1 person every 40 seconds) -
answer 1 million
_____ in the US commit suicide annually (85 people per day) - answer 30-
35,000
suicide is the ____ leading cause of death - answer 10th or 11th
____ to _____ survive a suicide attempt and ____ of survivors are
permanently disabled - answer 300-600,000; 19,000
Who has the highest rate of suicide? - answer caucasian men over 35
What age group has had the highest increase in suicides over the past 30
years? What # cause of death? - answer ages 15-24; 2nd leading cause of
death
25% of suicides occur in people over __ years of age - answer 65
, ____ ____ may see suicide as a means of relieving dishonor, shame, or
humiliation from oneself or one's family - answer eastern cultures
___ ___ commonly see suicide as a sin
- "self-murder" - answer western cultures
Suicide when someone else provides the means (lethal agent), but the
person who is dying administers it. - answer assisted suicide
It is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and
suffering. Lethal agent administered by someone else besides the dying
person - answer euthanasia
suicide is triggered by an intrapsychic conflict that emerges when a
person experiences great psychological stress - answer Freudian Inward
Aggression theory
Views suicide in terms of life stages. If an individual does not successfully
navigate these stages, they may become unable to cope leading to suicide
- answer Developmental theory
mental deficiencies become risk factors that can lead to suicide - answer
deficiencies theory
suicide is seen as a flight from a situation deemed by the person as
intolerable - answer escape theory
when an individual believes that highly desired outcomes will not occur or
that aversive outcomes will occur and there is nothing they can do to
change the situation - answer hopelessness theory
"the hurt, anguish, soreness, and aching pain of the psyche or mind"
Cubic model combines this, perturbation, and press - answer psychache
theory
questions and answers
2025(graded A+)
founder of suicidology - answer Edwin Shneidman
occur for a financial or concrete gain - answer instrumental acts
attempt to reduce psychological pain (feelings of depression, guilt,
disempowerment, hopelessness, etc.) - answer expressive acts
___ ___ worldwide commit suicide annually (1 person every 40 seconds) -
answer 1 million
_____ in the US commit suicide annually (85 people per day) - answer 30-
35,000
suicide is the ____ leading cause of death - answer 10th or 11th
____ to _____ survive a suicide attempt and ____ of survivors are
permanently disabled - answer 300-600,000; 19,000
Who has the highest rate of suicide? - answer caucasian men over 35
What age group has had the highest increase in suicides over the past 30
years? What # cause of death? - answer ages 15-24; 2nd leading cause of
death
25% of suicides occur in people over __ years of age - answer 65
, ____ ____ may see suicide as a means of relieving dishonor, shame, or
humiliation from oneself or one's family - answer eastern cultures
___ ___ commonly see suicide as a sin
- "self-murder" - answer western cultures
Suicide when someone else provides the means (lethal agent), but the
person who is dying administers it. - answer assisted suicide
It is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and
suffering. Lethal agent administered by someone else besides the dying
person - answer euthanasia
suicide is triggered by an intrapsychic conflict that emerges when a
person experiences great psychological stress - answer Freudian Inward
Aggression theory
Views suicide in terms of life stages. If an individual does not successfully
navigate these stages, they may become unable to cope leading to suicide
- answer Developmental theory
mental deficiencies become risk factors that can lead to suicide - answer
deficiencies theory
suicide is seen as a flight from a situation deemed by the person as
intolerable - answer escape theory
when an individual believes that highly desired outcomes will not occur or
that aversive outcomes will occur and there is nothing they can do to
change the situation - answer hopelessness theory
"the hurt, anguish, soreness, and aching pain of the psyche or mind"
Cubic model combines this, perturbation, and press - answer psychache
theory
