True-False Questions 78. A) B) A thanatologist would be interested in studying mourning rituals. True False 79. A) B) 80. A) B) Grief appears to be experienced not only by humans, but also by animals. True False Death occurs faster today than it did 100 years ago. True False A) B) 81. Children do not understand death. True False A) B) 82. Fear of death tends to subside in middle age. True False 83. A) B) As adults become parents, they to take fewer risks and more precautions. True False A) B) Robert barely survived a horrendous car crash. As he lay on the road close to death, he 84. said he was surrounded by a white light and felt joy and peace. He was experiencing palliative care. True False A) B) A good death is often considered to be one 85. that is quick, peaceful, and in the presence of family and friends. True False 86. A) B) 87. A) B) A) B) A) B) The double effect is considered unethical and is illegal in most states. True False 90. Passive euthanasia is legal everywhere. True False 91. A) B) 92. A) B) Hospice care makes use of a variety of medical interventions to delay death. True False 88. Some pain medication can speed up death. True False 89. A) B) According to Kübler-Ross, the final stage of dying is depression. True False Physician-assisted suicide is used in about 25 percent of all deaths in the Netherlands. True False Physician-assisted suicide is legal in in most U.S. states. True False A) B) A living will indicates what medical 93. intervention an individual wants if he or she is not conscious. True False A) B) An advance directive is an individual's 94. instructions regarding end-of-life medical care. True False 95. A) B) 96. A) B) 97. A) B) A) B) Incomplete grief may result when a police investigation or autopsy follows a death. True False One function of mourning customs is to allow for public displays of grief. True False In contemporary society, many traditional 98. religious morning practices have been replaced by secular memorial services. True False 99. A) B) A divorced spouse may feel disenfranchised grief after the death of their former partner. True False Only those with pathological grief seek to assign blame after the death of a loved one. True False A) B) Mourning can sometimes take the form of 100. public protest, turning blame into what can be a constructive action to make the world safer. True False A) B) Childhood experiences can shape how adults deal with the death of loved ones later in life. True False A) B) If individuals do not move on quickly after 102. grieving the loss of a loved one, pathological incomplete grief will result. True False 101. 103. A) B) Only a small subset of people – about 10 percent – experience complicated grief. True False