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Thanatology 1025A Exam Questions
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Death Cafe - ✔✔- A pop-up event where people get together to talk about death and have tea and cake
- The objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their
finite lives
Death Cafe History - ✔✔- First was in Switzerland by Bernard Crettaz in 2004
- Came to England through web designer Jon Underwood in 2011 and he established a website for the
movement
- Brought to US by Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson in 2012
- There have been 4954 in 51 countries since 2017
Death Denying Society - ✔✔- America has a hard time dealing with the reality of death and so they avoid
the subject as well as dying individuals
- Want to control death by decreasing accidental deaths (Unnecessary), and out of order deaths (Like a
child)
- Dying is now mostly a product of old-age
- Death brings up fears and unpleasant memories
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Death Awareness Movements - ✔✔- Development of new programs on care of the dying, support for the
bereaving, and research surrounding death-related attitudes
Thanatology - ✔✔- The study of death and dying
- From Greek word for death (Thanatos) and the word for a science or organized body of knowledge (-
ology)
Death Education - ✔✔- Formal or planned education about death, dying and bereavement
- Associated with organized instructional programs found in schools, colleges, universities, workshops,
volunteer training programs etc.
- Taught in-class and online
Early Examples of Death Education - ✔✔- Secondary schools, emphasizing topics like dealing with loss,
suicide prevention, violence and violence prevention, crisis counselling
Teachable Moments - ✔✔- Unanticipated events in life that offer important occasions for developing
useful educational insights and lessons, as well as for personal growth
- Informal death education
Four Dimensions of Death Education - ✔✔Cognitive
Affective
Behavioural
Valuational
Cognitive Dimension of Death Education - ✔✔- Provides factual info on death related experiences
- Focuses on understanding and interpreting the events
- May discuss the North American death system, cultural patterns, suicide etc.
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- Identifies new ways of organizing/interpreting the human experience (Like how AIDS and HIV were
identified)
Affective Dimension of Death Education - ✔✔- Deals with feelings, emotions, and attitudes
- Sensitizes those who have not bereaved to the complexities to grief and mourning
Behavioural Dimension of Death Education - ✔✔- Explores why people act certain ways in death related
situations, helpful or unhelpful behaviours, how to act in death related situations
- Avoiding death related situations is common because people don't typically know what to do or say
- Emphasizes value of being a simple presence
Valuational Dimension of Death Education - ✔✔- Affirms basic human values
- Looks at how death can teach us to live
Six Goals of Education about Death, Dying, and Bereavement - ✔✔Enrich personal lives
Inform and guide individuals in their personal transactions with society
Help prepare individuals for their public role as citizens
Help prepare and support individuals in their professional and vocational roles
Enhance the ability of individuals to communicate effectively about death-related topics
Enrich Personal Lives - ✔✔- Helps indvs understand themselves more fully, and to appreciate both their
strengths and limitations as finite human beings
Inform and Guide Individuals in their Personal Transactions with Society - ✔✔- Spreads awareness of
services and options they have to choose from in things like end-of-life care, funeral practices, or
memorial rituals
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
Thanatology 1025A Exam Questions
Verified Correct Solutions New
Update (Verified Answers)
Death Cafe - ✔✔- A pop-up event where people get together to talk about death and have tea and cake
- The objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their
finite lives
Death Cafe History - ✔✔- First was in Switzerland by Bernard Crettaz in 2004
- Came to England through web designer Jon Underwood in 2011 and he established a website for the
movement
- Brought to US by Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson in 2012
- There have been 4954 in 51 countries since 2017
Death Denying Society - ✔✔- America has a hard time dealing with the reality of death and so they avoid
the subject as well as dying individuals
- Want to control death by decreasing accidental deaths (Unnecessary), and out of order deaths (Like a
child)
- Dying is now mostly a product of old-age
- Death brings up fears and unpleasant memories
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
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Death Awareness Movements - ✔✔- Development of new programs on care of the dying, support for the
bereaving, and research surrounding death-related attitudes
Thanatology - ✔✔- The study of death and dying
- From Greek word for death (Thanatos) and the word for a science or organized body of knowledge (-
ology)
Death Education - ✔✔- Formal or planned education about death, dying and bereavement
- Associated with organized instructional programs found in schools, colleges, universities, workshops,
volunteer training programs etc.
- Taught in-class and online
Early Examples of Death Education - ✔✔- Secondary schools, emphasizing topics like dealing with loss,
suicide prevention, violence and violence prevention, crisis counselling
Teachable Moments - ✔✔- Unanticipated events in life that offer important occasions for developing
useful educational insights and lessons, as well as for personal growth
- Informal death education
Four Dimensions of Death Education - ✔✔Cognitive
Affective
Behavioural
Valuational
Cognitive Dimension of Death Education - ✔✔- Provides factual info on death related experiences
- Focuses on understanding and interpreting the events
- May discuss the North American death system, cultural patterns, suicide etc.
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- Identifies new ways of organizing/interpreting the human experience (Like how AIDS and HIV were
identified)
Affective Dimension of Death Education - ✔✔- Deals with feelings, emotions, and attitudes
- Sensitizes those who have not bereaved to the complexities to grief and mourning
Behavioural Dimension of Death Education - ✔✔- Explores why people act certain ways in death related
situations, helpful or unhelpful behaviours, how to act in death related situations
- Avoiding death related situations is common because people don't typically know what to do or say
- Emphasizes value of being a simple presence
Valuational Dimension of Death Education - ✔✔- Affirms basic human values
- Looks at how death can teach us to live
Six Goals of Education about Death, Dying, and Bereavement - ✔✔Enrich personal lives
Inform and guide individuals in their personal transactions with society
Help prepare individuals for their public role as citizens
Help prepare and support individuals in their professional and vocational roles
Enhance the ability of individuals to communicate effectively about death-related topics
Enrich Personal Lives - ✔✔- Helps indvs understand themselves more fully, and to appreciate both their
strengths and limitations as finite human beings
Inform and Guide Individuals in their Personal Transactions with Society - ✔✔- Spreads awareness of
services and options they have to choose from in things like end-of-life care, funeral practices, or
memorial rituals
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
