ARTS WEEK 6 FUNERAL SERVICE
PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING 2026
REVISION NOTES AND STRUCTURED FUNERAL
SERVICE PSYCHOLOGY OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ denial. Answer: this is a protective coping mechanism
characterized by an inability to perceive external reality.
◉ repression. Answer: blocking of threatening material from
consciousness.
◉ passive. Answer: the forging or withdrawal of medical treatment
that offers no hope or benefit to the total well-being of the patient
with the intent of causing death describes this type of euthanasia.
◉ denial. Answer: in this stage of Kubler-Ross, one experiences an
overwhelming sense of unreality.
◉ anxiety. Answer: a state of tension, typically characterized by
rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, and other similar ramifications
of arousal of the automatic nervous system.
, ◉ the living will. Answer: which of the following is a document
signed by persons who want to be allowed to die?
◉ phobia. Answer: the common name for a strong irrational fear
that is difficult to eliminate:
◉ psychology. Answer: the science of human behavior
◉ experience the pain of grief. Answer: which of the following
selections is Worden's second Task of Mourning
◉ grief therapy. Answer: specialized techniques which are used to
help people with complicated grief reactions
◉ funeral psychology. Answer: the scientific study of the biology of
behavior and mental processes.
◉ complicated grief. Answer: an abnormal grief response that is
more intense than normal grief, yet different than clinical
depression.
◉ involuntary active euthanasia. Answer: a type of euthanasia in
which intervention is intended to kill a person who is incapable of
making a request to die.
PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING 2026
REVISION NOTES AND STRUCTURED FUNERAL
SERVICE PSYCHOLOGY OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ denial. Answer: this is a protective coping mechanism
characterized by an inability to perceive external reality.
◉ repression. Answer: blocking of threatening material from
consciousness.
◉ passive. Answer: the forging or withdrawal of medical treatment
that offers no hope or benefit to the total well-being of the patient
with the intent of causing death describes this type of euthanasia.
◉ denial. Answer: in this stage of Kubler-Ross, one experiences an
overwhelming sense of unreality.
◉ anxiety. Answer: a state of tension, typically characterized by
rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, and other similar ramifications
of arousal of the automatic nervous system.
, ◉ the living will. Answer: which of the following is a document
signed by persons who want to be allowed to die?
◉ phobia. Answer: the common name for a strong irrational fear
that is difficult to eliminate:
◉ psychology. Answer: the science of human behavior
◉ experience the pain of grief. Answer: which of the following
selections is Worden's second Task of Mourning
◉ grief therapy. Answer: specialized techniques which are used to
help people with complicated grief reactions
◉ funeral psychology. Answer: the scientific study of the biology of
behavior and mental processes.
◉ complicated grief. Answer: an abnormal grief response that is
more intense than normal grief, yet different than clinical
depression.
◉ involuntary active euthanasia. Answer: a type of euthanasia in
which intervention is intended to kill a person who is incapable of
making a request to die.
