HNSC 3314 Midterm questions and answers with solutions 2025/2026

HNSC 3314 Midterm questions and answers
with solutions 2025/2026


Thanalogy - ANSWER the study of death and dying


Formal Death Education - ANSWER ◙school
◙college/university
◙volunteer training
◙community/professional workshop


Informal Death Education - ANSWER ◙Family/friends
◙life experiences
◙society
-media
-pop-culture
-internet
-"teachable moments"


teachable moment - ANSWER an unexpected event that can be use as a
learning opportunity

, Death Anxiety - ANSWER ◙Women higher anxiety than men
◙Older adults less anxious then younger
◙Religious influence
-those who are strongly religious or have no sense of religion are not
afraid of death, but those who are in the middle are.


The Horse on the Dining Room Table - ANSWER lesson to show us that
we should be accepting death as part of life, and addressing it.


Death-Related Experiences - ANSWER ◙Death-Related Attitudes
◙Death-Related Encounters
◙Death-Related Practices
-each of these three components are influenced by one another.


Death Related Attitudes - ANSWER ◙Behavior or "way of being" in the
world that reflects the beliefs, opinions, and feelings related to death


Death-Related Encounters - ANSWER ◙Today we die of degenerative
disease associated with age, lifestyles, and environment.
◙Industrialization was the #1 factor that change our death encounters.


Death-Related Practices - ANSWER :Familiar routines, procedures, and
actions that follow from or are related to death-related encounters and
actions