Death and Dying (Thanatology) Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Death and Dying (Thanatology)
Exam Questions and Answers 100%
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Chronic Disease - ANSWER-a noncommunicable, self-limiting disease from which
the individual rarely recovers. Ex. heart disease, cancer, asthma



Question: Dysfunction - ANSWER-an event that lessens the adjustment of a social
system; medicine prolongs life, contributing to overpopulation



Question: Etiology - ANSWER-the assignment of a cause, such as the major
causes of death in a country



Question: 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



Question: Eufunction - ANSWER-consequences of behaviour that are positive;
attending a funeral shows concern and care for others

, Question: Fictive Kin - ANSWER-Individuals referred to using kinship but who
are not related via kinship. Ex a godparent



Question: Gerontophobia - ANSWER-the fear of growing old



Question: Infant Mortality Rate - ANSWER-the number of deaths of children
under one year of age per 1000 live births



Question: ISAS - ANSWER-symbolic interactionist's statement: behaviour of the
individual is in response to symbols, relative to the audience, and relative to the
situation



Question: Latent Function - ANSWER-consequences that contribute to
adjustment but were not intended; attending a family funeral becomes a family
reunion



Question: Manifest Function - ANSWER-objective consequences that contribute
to adjustment and were intended



Question: Morbidity - ANSWER-the rare occurrence of a disease



Question: Phenomenology - ANSWER-the philosophical study of phenomena
without any attempt at the nature of being studying; "the thing itself"