Test Bank for Death, Society, and Human
Experience 13th Edition by Robert
Kastenbaum & Christopher M. Moreman
Complete Chapters 1-15| A+ PASS
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Chapter 1: As We Think About Death
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXCEPT the
notion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when someone is dying
b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
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Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television programs such as CSI and whether their
portrayal of death serves to death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
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d) mystify.
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Answer: c) depersonalize
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3.0. The is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as an attempt to end a
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discussion about death before it begins.
a) listener
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b) fatalist
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c) silencer
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d) instigator.
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Answer: c) silencer
4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident
c) heart disease
d) cancer.
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Answer: c) heart disease
5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an experience of:
a) joy
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b) death
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c) anger
d) sadness.
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Answer: b) death
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6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian ―assisted‖ in death, how many were terminally ill?
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a) one half
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b) more than one-half
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c) one third
d) less than one-third.
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Answer: d) less than one-third
7.0. One study that followed patients through their postoperative period found that:
a) those with positive religious coping styles experienced more pain and distress
b) those with positive religious coping styles experienced no pain or distress
c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
d) doubt and conflict in religious beliefs had no effect on health outcomes.
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Answer: c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
8.0. Personal experience with dying and death influences our:
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a) attitudes and beliefs
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b) beliefs
c) feelings and attitudes
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d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings.
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Answer: d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings
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9.0. Which of the following is NOT true of living wills?
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a) The option of having a living will has been available since 1968.
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