Discovery Series Introduction To Lifespan 1st Edition By Rathus – Test Bank

Chapter 10: Life’s Final Chapter

TRUE/FALSE

1. Death is a part of life.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Understand
REF: 10.1 Life’s Final Chapter: How and Where People Die, Textbook
OBJ: LO1: Define death and dying, and evaluate views on stages of dying.
MSC: TYPE: Easy

2. In most states, a person is considered legally dead if his/her heart and lungs cease to function.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Understand
REF: 10.1 Life’s Final Chapter: How and Where People Die, Textbook | Reading – The Case of Terri Schiavo, Online OBJ: LO1: Define death and dying, and evaluate views on stages of dying.
MSC: TYPE: Medium

3. Today, about half of the deaths that occur in the United States take place in hospitals.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 10.1 Life’s Final Chapter: How and Where People Die, Textbook
OBJ: LO2: Identify settings in which people die. MSC: TYPE: Easy

4. The number of patients receiving hospice care has gradually declined over the last decade.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 10.1 Life’s Final Chapter: How and Where People Die, Textbook
OBJ: LO2: Identify settings in which people die. MSC: TYPE: Easy

5. Terminal sedation is used to hasten a peaceful death of the terminally ill.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Understand
REF: 10.1 Life’s Final Chapter: How and Where People Die, Textbook
OBJ: LO3: Discuss euthanasia and the controversies surrounding it.
MSC: TYPE: Easy

6. In middle adulthood, heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 10.1 Life’s Final Chapter: How and Where People Die, Textbook
OBJ: LO4: Discuss the ways in which people of different ages view death.
MSC: TYPE: Easy

7. Mourning is synonymous with grief over the death of a person, but also describes culturally prescribed ways of displaying grief.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Understand
REF: 10.2 Life’s Final Chapter: Coping With Death, Textbook
OBJ: LO6: Discuss grief and bereavement. MSC: TYPE: Medium

8. In most European countries, Roman Catholics visit cemeteries in an attempt to communicate with the souls of the dead, build altars, and offer food and drink.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 10.2 Life’s Final Chapter: Coping With Death, Textbook
OBJ: LO7: Discuss cross-cultural differences in response to death.
MSC: TYPE: Easy

9. The grieving process requires that one withdraw from his/her normal activities for an undetermined period of time.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Understand
REF: 10.2 Life’s Final Chapter: Coping With Death, Textbook
OBJ: LO9: Discuss ways of coping with death. MSC: TYPE: Medium

10. The poem “Thanatopsis,” by William Cullen Bryant, expresses Erik Erikson’s goal of ego integrity—optimism that we can maintain a sense of trust through life.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Understand
REF: 10.2 Life’s Final Chapter: Coping With Death, Textbook
OBJ: LO9: Discuss ways of coping with death. MSC: TYPE: Easy