DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 4 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which death pattern is NOT common today?
-dying slowly
-dying in old age
-rarely seeing people die - dying within a few days of getting ill
All are advantages of U.S. hospice programs EXCEPT:
-being cared for by loved ones.
-dying in a much loved physical place.
-avoiding being artificially kept alive by machines. - having a more private, isolated death.
The elderly are MORE _____ of dying than younger adults.
-terrified and phobic
-depressed and frightened
-angry and rejecting - accepting and less fearful
Generalizing from the text, which is the BEST strategy for a health-care professional to follow with
terminally ill patients?
-Bring up the topic of dying so that people fully express their emotions.
-Try to get people to move from bargaining to anger, to depression, to acceptance.
-Avoid the topic of dying and death. - Take cues from individual people as to whether they want to
talk about dying.
Hardit's wife is dying of cancer and wants to spend her final days at home. He discovers a program
that will provide him with training, emotional support, and a volunteer to stay with his wife for a few
hours each week so he can have some relief. This program is called:
-a palliative-care unit.
-Medicare.
-a terminal illness program. - hospice.
Which grief pattern is universal?
,-yearning for a deceased loved one for decades
-keeping one's emotions in check around family and friends
-being terribly upset during the first 6 months, and then slowly reconnecting with life - having no
pattern, as people and cultures grieve in different ways
Which physician is NOT practicing passive euthanasia?
-Dr. Shura withdraws a terminally ill patient's feeding tube when that person has specified, "I don't
want heroic life-saving measures."
-Dr. Jones holds off giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during a heart attack to a nursing-
home resident with a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order in that person's chart.
-Dr. Lim does not transfer a nursing-home resident with a Do Not Hospitalize (DNH) order to the
nearest medical center when she gets a high fever. - Dr. Nedler prescribes a lethal drug to a
terminally ill patient who wants to end his life.
All things being equal, who will have the MOST difficult time coming to terms with death?
-Mrs. Brancusi, who just lost her husband
-Mr. Barker, who just lost his wife
-Mr. Blanco, whose sister just died - Mr. and Mrs. Bui, whose child just died
All are examples of advance directives EXCEPT:
-durable powers of attorney for health care.
-living wills.
-Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders. - wills.
During the twentieth century, doctors began to see death as:
-normal.
-rare.
-predictable at every age. - a symptom of failure.
All are features of palliative-care units EXCEPT:
-state-of-the-art pain control techniques.
-efforts to make patients comfortable.
-dignified deaths. - cure-oriented treatments.
, If Mr. Hayes has entered a medical center's "palliative care" unit, the staff will:
-adopt heroic measures to save Mr. Hayes's life.
-withdraw as Mr. Hayes is dying.
-employ the latest medical technologies in treating Mr. Hayes. - shift from trying to cure Mr. Hayes
and promote dignified dying.
An elderly widow wants to make sure her end-of-life wishes are implemented, but she is unsure
which document to sign. Based on the research, an attorney should recommend:
-filling out a very specific living will, explaining exactly which medical interventions she does and
does not want.
-completing a standard living will.
-completing a DNH order. - giving a durable power of attorney for health care to a specific child, but
making sure she repeatedly tells the whole family what she wants.
Kübler-Ross's enduring contribution to death and dying was to:
-show that terminally ill people progress through five stages.
-highlight that everyone wants to talk about being terminally ill.
-reveal that anger and bargaining are important emotions in terminal illness. - alert society to the
need to pay attention to the emotions of terminally ill people.
In a living will, the:
-person designates someone else to make health care decisions when she or he is incapacitated.
-doctor and family automatically make health care decisions in the case of incapacity.
-person says if he or she wants to live in the case of cardiac arrest. - person spells out his or her
health care wishes if he or she is incapacitated.
James has a degenerative disease and is not expected to live much longer. He is very concerned
about the quality of his remaining life, and does not want to be connected to life-sustaining
machines if he cannot make his wishes known. James should consider preparing:
-a "Do Not Resuscitate" order.
-a "Do Not Use Heroic Measures" order.
-a will. - an advance directive.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which death pattern is NOT common today?
-dying slowly
-dying in old age
-rarely seeing people die - dying within a few days of getting ill
All are advantages of U.S. hospice programs EXCEPT:
-being cared for by loved ones.
-dying in a much loved physical place.
-avoiding being artificially kept alive by machines. - having a more private, isolated death.
The elderly are MORE _____ of dying than younger adults.
-terrified and phobic
-depressed and frightened
-angry and rejecting - accepting and less fearful
Generalizing from the text, which is the BEST strategy for a health-care professional to follow with
terminally ill patients?
-Bring up the topic of dying so that people fully express their emotions.
-Try to get people to move from bargaining to anger, to depression, to acceptance.
-Avoid the topic of dying and death. - Take cues from individual people as to whether they want to
talk about dying.
Hardit's wife is dying of cancer and wants to spend her final days at home. He discovers a program
that will provide him with training, emotional support, and a volunteer to stay with his wife for a few
hours each week so he can have some relief. This program is called:
-a palliative-care unit.
-Medicare.
-a terminal illness program. - hospice.
Which grief pattern is universal?
,-yearning for a deceased loved one for decades
-keeping one's emotions in check around family and friends
-being terribly upset during the first 6 months, and then slowly reconnecting with life - having no
pattern, as people and cultures grieve in different ways
Which physician is NOT practicing passive euthanasia?
-Dr. Shura withdraws a terminally ill patient's feeding tube when that person has specified, "I don't
want heroic life-saving measures."
-Dr. Jones holds off giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during a heart attack to a nursing-
home resident with a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order in that person's chart.
-Dr. Lim does not transfer a nursing-home resident with a Do Not Hospitalize (DNH) order to the
nearest medical center when she gets a high fever. - Dr. Nedler prescribes a lethal drug to a
terminally ill patient who wants to end his life.
All things being equal, who will have the MOST difficult time coming to terms with death?
-Mrs. Brancusi, who just lost her husband
-Mr. Barker, who just lost his wife
-Mr. Blanco, whose sister just died - Mr. and Mrs. Bui, whose child just died
All are examples of advance directives EXCEPT:
-durable powers of attorney for health care.
-living wills.
-Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders. - wills.
During the twentieth century, doctors began to see death as:
-normal.
-rare.
-predictable at every age. - a symptom of failure.
All are features of palliative-care units EXCEPT:
-state-of-the-art pain control techniques.
-efforts to make patients comfortable.
-dignified deaths. - cure-oriented treatments.
, If Mr. Hayes has entered a medical center's "palliative care" unit, the staff will:
-adopt heroic measures to save Mr. Hayes's life.
-withdraw as Mr. Hayes is dying.
-employ the latest medical technologies in treating Mr. Hayes. - shift from trying to cure Mr. Hayes
and promote dignified dying.
An elderly widow wants to make sure her end-of-life wishes are implemented, but she is unsure
which document to sign. Based on the research, an attorney should recommend:
-filling out a very specific living will, explaining exactly which medical interventions she does and
does not want.
-completing a standard living will.
-completing a DNH order. - giving a durable power of attorney for health care to a specific child, but
making sure she repeatedly tells the whole family what she wants.
Kübler-Ross's enduring contribution to death and dying was to:
-show that terminally ill people progress through five stages.
-highlight that everyone wants to talk about being terminally ill.
-reveal that anger and bargaining are important emotions in terminal illness. - alert society to the
need to pay attention to the emotions of terminally ill people.
In a living will, the:
-person designates someone else to make health care decisions when she or he is incapacitated.
-doctor and family automatically make health care decisions in the case of incapacity.
-person says if he or she wants to live in the case of cardiac arrest. - person spells out his or her
health care wishes if he or she is incapacitated.
James has a degenerative disease and is not expected to live much longer. He is very concerned
about the quality of his remaining life, and does not want to be connected to life-sustaining
machines if he cannot make his wishes known. James should consider preparing:
-a "Do Not Resuscitate" order.
-a "Do Not Use Heroic Measures" order.
-a will. - an advance directive.
