DEATH AND DYING THANATOLOGY
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉Dysfunction . Answer: an event that lessens the adjustment of a social
system; medicine prolongs life, contributing to overpopulation
◉Etiology . Answer: the assignment of a cause, such as the major
causes of death in a country
◉Existentialist Philosophy . Answer: based on the doctrine that
existence takes presence over essence and holds that humans are totally
free and responsible for their acts, and that this responsibility is the
source of the dread and anguish that encompass them
◉Eufunction . Answer: consequences of behaviour that are positive;
attending a funeral shows concern and care for others
◉Fictive Kin . Answer: Individuals referred to using kinship but who
are not related via kinship. Ex a godparent
◉Gerontophobia . Answer: the fear of growing old
, ◉Infant Mortality Rate . Answer: the number of deaths of children
under one year of age per 1000 live births
◉ISAS . Answer: symbolic interactionist's statement: behaviour of the
individual is in response to symbols, relative to the audience, and
relative to the situation
◉Latent Function . Answer: consequences that contribute to adjustment
but were not intended; attending a family funeral becomes a family
reunion
◉Manifest Function . Answer: objective consequences that contribute
to adjustment and were intended
◉Morbidity . Answer: the rare occurrence of a disease
◉Phenomenology . Answer: the philosophical study of phenomena
without any attempt at the nature of being studying; "the thing itself"
◉Road Scholar . Answer: an informal educational program for
individuals 60 years or older.
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉Dysfunction . Answer: an event that lessens the adjustment of a social
system; medicine prolongs life, contributing to overpopulation
◉Etiology . Answer: the assignment of a cause, such as the major
causes of death in a country
◉Existentialist Philosophy . Answer: based on the doctrine that
existence takes presence over essence and holds that humans are totally
free and responsible for their acts, and that this responsibility is the
source of the dread and anguish that encompass them
◉Eufunction . Answer: consequences of behaviour that are positive;
attending a funeral shows concern and care for others
◉Fictive Kin . Answer: Individuals referred to using kinship but who
are not related via kinship. Ex a godparent
◉Gerontophobia . Answer: the fear of growing old
, ◉Infant Mortality Rate . Answer: the number of deaths of children
under one year of age per 1000 live births
◉ISAS . Answer: symbolic interactionist's statement: behaviour of the
individual is in response to symbols, relative to the audience, and
relative to the situation
◉Latent Function . Answer: consequences that contribute to adjustment
but were not intended; attending a family funeral becomes a family
reunion
◉Manifest Function . Answer: objective consequences that contribute
to adjustment and were intended
◉Morbidity . Answer: the rare occurrence of a disease
◉Phenomenology . Answer: the philosophical study of phenomena
without any attempt at the nature of being studying; "the thing itself"
◉Road Scholar . Answer: an informal educational program for
individuals 60 years or older.
