Grieving & Loss Final Exam Review
Articles 34-41
#34. THE GRIEVING PROCESS,MICHAEL R. LEMING AND GEORGE E. DICKINSON AE p. 186
1. Grieving, as explained in "The Grieving Process," can best be thought of as:
a. feelings of hopelessness and passivity.
b. only the beginning stage of bereavement.
c. a unique process for each individual.
d. an active coping process.
2. The stages of grieving, as described in "The Grieving Process," can be seen as similar to the stages of:
a. dying.
b. recovering from a long illness.
c. growing into adulthood.
d. recovering from addiction.
3. According to "The Grieving Process," the main function of denial in the grieving process is to:
a. avoid social contact.
b. disguise the anger a person might feel towards the bereaved.
c. temporarily protect the bereaved from the enormity of the loss.
d. slow down the tasks of mourning so that they can be accomplished in a
more meaningful way.
4. Feeling relief at the death of a close family member or friend, as explained in "The Grieving Process," can often add to the bereaved's feelings of:
a. loneliness.
b. guilt.
c. acceptance.
d. anger.
5. As presented in "The Grieving Process," feelings of guilt over the loss of someone can be a means of understanding why a person died. T or F
6. The resolution of grief, as maintained in "The Grieving Process," is an automatic process for most people. T or F
#35. LEARNING TO MOURN, NANCY WARTIK AE p. 190
1. The stages of grief, as described in "Learning to Mourn":
a. vary among cultures.
b. are different for different age groups.
c. appear to be universal.
d. are more acute now that death is less a part of daily life.
2. According to "Learning to Mourn," everyone must work through their grief because:
a. it is the only hope for real healing after loss.
b. every death is different.
c. the pain of bereavement is one of the most taxing experiences
people ever struggle with.
d. strong emotions are acceptable.
3. The deepest, most intense phase of grief, as identified in "Learning to Mourn," is:
a. the numbness.
b. adjusting to life without the departed.
c. confronting the death.
d. the denial.
4. Perhaps the hardest loss a person can suffer, as noted in "Learning to Mourn," is a:
a. mother's death.
b. pet's death.
c. spouse's death.
d. child's death.
5. A bereaved person, as claimed in "Learning to Mourn," may irrationally look for the loved one to return. T or F
6. Widows, as reported in "Learning to Mourn," have shown to be more disturbed, and for longer, than widowers. T or F
#36. DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF, KENNETH J. DOKA AE p. 195
1. Disenfranchised grief, as described in "Disenfranchised Grief," is grief that:
a. cannot be publicly expressed through traditional means.
b. is delayed because the mourner is unable to acknowledge fully the loss.
c. is felt for a celebrity or public figure by people who did not
personally know the deceased.
d. is focused on a person or event other than the appropriate one.
2. As discussed in "Disenfranchised Grief," when grief is disenfranchised:
a. people are unable to experience it.
b. feelings of guilt, anger, or powerlessness can be lessened.
c. feelings of guilt and anger are lessened, while feelings of
powerlessness are intensified.
d. feelings of guilt, anger, or powerlessness can be intensified.
3. As noted in "Disenfranchised Grief," mourners may experience disenfranchised grief when they are in any of the following roles except:
a. lovers.
b. spouses.
c. stepchildren.
d. friends.
4. According to "Disenfranchised Grief," social death may occur:
a. when someone is institutionalized.
b. through mental illness.
c. as a result of addiction.
d. as a result of conversion.
5. As noted in "Disenfranchised Grief," the proportion of disenfranchised grievers in the general population will rise rapidly in the future. T or F
6. According to "Disenfranchised Grief," the very old and the very young typically have little comprehension of or reaction to the death of a significant other. T or F
#37. THE INCREASING PREVALENCE OF COMPLICATED MOURNING: THE ONSLAUGHT
IS JUST BEGINNING, THERESE A. RANDO AE p. 199
1. In today's society, as presented in "The Increasing Prevalence of Complicated Mourning," technological achievements may result in:
a. fewer instances of complicated mourning.
b. greater numbers of people experiencing complicated mourning.
c. new definitions of complicated mourning.
d. better practices for dealing with complicated mourning.
2. The following are three main difficulties in defining "complicated mourning," as identified in "The Increasing Prevalence of Complicated Mourning," except:
a. imprecise and inconsistent terminology.
b. a lack of objective criteria.
c. the presence of premorbid psychological episodes.
d. mourning is highly idiosyncratic.
3. The four forms that complicated mourning may take, as described in "The Increasing Prevalence of Complicated Mourning," are symptoms, syndromes, mental or physical disorder, and:
a. enactments.
b. predispositions.
c. tendencies.
d. death.
4. The three types of death that are on the increase and known to be at high risk for complicated mourning, as delineated in "The Increasing Prevalence of Complicated Mourning," are the death of children, death resulting from chronic illness, and:
a. sudden and unanticipated deaths.
b. planned deaths.
c. death of a parent.
d. death of a partner (significant other).
5. An example of an unrecognized loss that is increasing in today's society, cited in "The Increasing Prevalence of Complicated Mourning," is:
a. sudden death.
b. violent death.
c. abortion.
d. suicide.
6. According to "The Increasing Prevalence of Complicated Mourning," a syndrome is not necessarily more pathological than a group of symptoms that clusters together. T or F
7. The majority of clinicians, as reported in "The Increasing Prevalence of Complicated Mourning," know a sufficient amount about uncomplicated grief and mourning. T or F
#38. CHILDREN GRIEVE TOO: LESSONS IN HOW TO SUPPORT CHILDREN THROUGH
A NORMAL, HEALTHY GRIEF PROCESS, LINDA GOLDMAN AE p. 207
1. According to "Children Grieve Too," one of the strongest indicators that young children are capable of feeling grief after a loss is that they:
a. are capable of feeling love.
b. ask numerous questions about death, whether or not they have
experienced a loss.
c. can imagine what life would be like without someone with whom
they are close.
d. demonstrate a wide range of powerful emotions in their daily lives.
2. Parents and educators in Head Start programs can help children to grieve, as described in "Children Grieve Too," by:
a. explaining to children what they should be feeling.
b. helping children to express constructive feelings.
c. modeling their own grief as a teaching tool.
d. repeatedly asking the child to talk about the loss.
3. One possible outcome of unresolved grief issues for a child, as maintained in "Children Grieve Too," is that the child may later develop:
a. a fear of strangers.
b. an unwillingness to share feelings.
c. hostility towards people he or she loves.
d. academic and social difficulties.
4. Using cliches to describe death to young children, as reported in "Children Grieve Too," can often:
a. comfort the child with the hope that things will get better.
b. cause the child to understand that everyone will eventually die.
c. confuse the child because language is often taken literally.
d. frighten the child about his or her own death.
5. As explained in "Children Grieve Too," memory books can help a child through the grieving process by allowing him or her to:
a. remember a time before they were grieving.
b. express feelings in a safe environment.
c. create a more hopeful picture.
d. view pictures of the way adults around him or her see the child.
6. Both adults and children, as stated in "Children Grieve Too," often feel that in some way they are responsible for a death. T or F
7. Grieving children, as noted in "Children Grieve Too," are often misdiagnosed as suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. T or F
#39. LIVING WITH LOSS: A GROUP FOR BEREAVED COLLEGE STUDENTS, SHARON M. JANOWIAK, RENA MEI-TAL, AND RITA G. DRAPKIN AE p. 215
1. Grieving students, as described in "Living with Loss," generally find the atmosphere at a university or college:
a. unsuitable for grieving.
b. supportive of the grief process.
c. can provide many supportive services for students with difficulties.
d. unaware of the fact that some students may be struggling with
bereavement issues.
2. When students seek the services of college counseling centers, as reported in "Living with Loss," grief issues:
a. often serve as the primary motivation for seeking help.
b. are not a part of the picture.
c. often surface as part of the background information.
d. go unacknowledged by the student.
3. According to "Living with Loss," college-age adults may have a particularly difficult time coping with issues of loss because they:
a. no longer have close friends with whom they can share their feelings.
b. are trying to become autonomous adults at the same time.
c. do not understand the full implications of their loss in the
same way that older adults would.
d. want to diminish the impact of the loss in front of friends.
4. As described in "Living with Loss," the counseling faculty found that all of the following were concerns of students coping with loss except:
a. difficulties in obtaining support from friends and family members.
b. doubts about whether they were grieving in the right way.
c. fears that they would be unable to love and trust someone ever again.
d. a desire to find support and guidance from peers in similar situations.
5. On college campuses, as stated in "Living with Loss," most students are able to obtain individual counseling quickly and easily. T or F
6. The leaders of the bereavement group presented in "Living with Loss," were both undergraduate students who had recently experienced a loss themselves. T/F
#40. GRIEF AND DEPRESSION ARE INTIMATE STRANGERS, JUDITH LARSON AE p. 218
1. One of the feelings that is not a normal part of the grieving process, as identified in "Grief and Depression Are Intimate Strangers," is:
a. mild depression.
b. clinical depression.
c. intense sadness.
d. anger at the deceased.
2. According to "Grief and Depression Are Intimate Strangers," it is important for bereaved people to have social support because:
a. bereaved people are beset by legal matters.
b. bereavement does not occur without other stressors.
c. people who are isolated are more likely to be depressed.
d. loss results in a long period of grief.
3. Symptoms of grief, as noted in "Grief and Depression Are Intimate Strangers," include all of the following except:
a. sadness.
b. fever.
c. diminished interest in activities.
d. concentration impairment.
4. As suggested in "Grief and Depression Are Intimate Strangers," everyone copes differently with stressful events. T or F
5. A period of depression, as claimed in "Grief and Depression Are Intimate Strangers," is a necessary part of the grief process. T or F
#41. GRIEFTIPS: HELP FOR THOSE WHO MOURN, JAMES E. MILLER AE p. 220
1. Different types of personal loss, as described in "GriefTips: Help for Those Who Mourn,":
a. can be expressed in surprisingly similar ways.
b. can often be felt by a person at the same time.
c. result in individualized responses.
d. require different responses, in general.
2. According to "GriefTips: Help for Those Who Mourn," there are many different ways of coping with the death of a loved one because:
a. grief leads to depression.
b. everyone deals with grief differently.
c. mourning is a universal emotion.
d. of the way the loved one died.
3. As noted in "GriefTips: Help for Those Who Mourn," sometimes there is value in grieving people doing repetitive things with their hands, something they do not have to think about very much, because:
a. grief is fleeting.
b. it helps to understand the unique issues of someone in grief.
c. it may help them pass the time and ignore the loss.
d. it becomes second nature.
4. As cited in "GriefTips: Help for Those Who Mourn," a grieving person's crying can naturally lead to:
a. depression.
b. dependency.
c. dehydration.
d. sickness.
5. As suggested in "GriefTips: Help for Those Who Mourn," quickly remove all signs of the one who died. T or F
6. As stated in "GriefTips: Help for Those Who Mourn," it is better for a grieving person to hold in anger rather than vent it. T or F