TEST BANK for Death, Society, and Human
Experience, 13th Edition by Robert
Kastenbaum & Christopher M. Moreman
GUARANTEED PASS| VERIFIED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS| ALL
CHAPTERS 1-15
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, Chapter 1: As We Think About Death
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXCEPT the
notion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when someone is dying
b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
Difficulty: 1
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Accurate Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television programs such as CSI and whether their
portrayal of death serves to death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Accurate Answer: c) depersonalize
3.0. The is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as an attempt to end a
discussion about death before it begins.
a) listener
b) fatalist
c) silencer
d) instigator.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Accurate Answer: c) silencer
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,4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident
c) heart disease
d) cancer.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Accurate Answer: c) heart disease
5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an experience of:
a) joy
b) death
c) anger
d) sadness.
Difficulty: 1
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Accurate Answer: b) death
6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian ―assisted‖ in death, how many were terminally ill?
a) one half
b) more than one-half
c) one third
d) less than one-third.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Accurate Answer: d) less than one-third
7.0. One study that followed patients through their postoperative period found that:
a) those with positive religious coping styles experienced more pain and distress
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, b) those with positive religious coping styles experienced no pain or distress
c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
d) doubt and conflict in religious beliefs had no effect on health outcomes.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 15
Accurate Answer: c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
8.0. Personal experience with dying and death influences our:
a) attitudes and beliefs
b) beliefs
c) feelings and attitudes
d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 13
Accurate Answer: d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings
9.0. Which of the following is NOT true of living wills?
a) The option of having a living will has been available since 1968.
b) Most people in the United States have initiated a living will.
c) These documents were designed to give individuals influence over the last few days of life.
d) These documents define the type of medical interventions to be carried out if death is close and the
individual is unable to express his or her wishes.
Difficulty: 2
Page reference: 14
Accurate Answer: b) Most people in the United States have initiated a living will.
10.0. Studies have found that the people who sign organ donor cards are:
a) less anxious about death
b) more self-reliant
c) feel more effective
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Experience, 13th Edition by Robert
Kastenbaum & Christopher M. Moreman
GUARANTEED PASS| VERIFIED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS| ALL
CHAPTERS 1-15
Page | 1
, Chapter 1: As We Think About Death
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXCEPT the
notion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when someone is dying
b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 6
Accurate Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television programs such as CSI and whether their
portrayal of death serves to death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Accurate Answer: c) depersonalize
3.0. The is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as an attempt to end a
discussion about death before it begins.
a) listener
b) fatalist
c) silencer
d) instigator.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Accurate Answer: c) silencer
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,4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident
c) heart disease
d) cancer.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Accurate Answer: c) heart disease
5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an experience of:
a) joy
b) death
c) anger
d) sadness.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Accurate Answer: b) death
6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian ―assisted‖ in death, how many were terminally ill?
a) one half
b) more than one-half
c) one third
d) less than one-third.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12
Accurate Answer: d) less than one-third
7.0. One study that followed patients through their postoperative period found that:
a) those with positive religious coping styles experienced more pain and distress
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, b) those with positive religious coping styles experienced no pain or distress
c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
d) doubt and conflict in religious beliefs had no effect on health outcomes.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 15
Accurate Answer: c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
8.0. Personal experience with dying and death influences our:
a) attitudes and beliefs
b) beliefs
c) feelings and attitudes
d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 13
Accurate Answer: d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings
9.0. Which of the following is NOT true of living wills?
a) The option of having a living will has been available since 1968.
b) Most people in the United States have initiated a living will.
c) These documents were designed to give individuals influence over the last few days of life.
d) These documents define the type of medical interventions to be carried out if death is close and the
individual is unable to express his or her wishes.
Difficulty: 2
Page reference: 14
Accurate Answer: b) Most people in the United States have initiated a living will.
10.0. Studies have found that the people who sign organ donor cards are:
a) less anxious about death
b) more self-reliant
c) feel more effective
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