Question 1

Bereaved persons are often angry with themselves and/or with the dead person.
How might you be helpful when this happens?

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When a bereaved person is feeling angry ...

Question 2

You visit with a close friend who lost his significant other one year ago. In your friend's house there still are pictures of the person who died, his clothes in the closets, and his articles in the living room. Your response to this situation should be:

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A)   To offer to help your friend to take some of these items to a needy family
B)   To take your friend to social gatherings to meet new people
C)   To encourage conversation that would let your friend talk about his significant other and the losses he is experiencing
D)   To remove these reminders of the deceased person when your friend is not around
E)   To tell your friend which articles you would like to have

Question 3

Chapter 10 in our textbook describes ways to help bereaved persons with four types of tasks in mourning. Explain how a helper could assist with affective and valuational tasks. Give a concrete example for helping with each of these two types of tasks. Be detailed and thorough in your reply.

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Affective tasks in mourning involve deal...

Question 4

Rabbi Kushner's book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, concerns itself with the following type of task faced by persons who are mourning

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A)   affective
B)   cognitive
C)   valuational
D)   behavioral
E)   None of these

Question 5

In Personal Insights 10.4 in the eighth edition of Death & Dying, Life & Living ("For a Time of Sorrow") , Howard Thurman writes that he would offer to help a bereaved person by

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A)   explaining that he can feel all that they are feeling
B)   offering to try to understand the losses of the bereaved person
C)   trying to bear the burden of the bereaved person's pain
D)   All of these
E)   None of these

Question 6

Contemporary American society often conveys unhelpful messages to bereaved persons. Identify and explain two (2) such unhelpful messages. Your reply should make clear why these messages are unhelpful.

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One unhelpful message that contemporary ...

Question 7

Grief resulting from a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, publicly mourned, or socially supported is called:

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A)   Anticipatory grief
B)   Pathological grief
C)   Complicated grief
D)   Disenfranchised grief
E)   None of these

Question 8

Your close friend has been notified that her husband committed suicide at work. Your most helpful response would be:

Accepted Answer

A)   To express your concerns for her and her family
B)   To offer to collect donations from neighbors and friends
C)   To listen to her fears, needs, and feelings
D)   To encourage her and others not to talk about this horrible type of death
E)   To tell her you understand what she is going through

Question 9

Mrs. Lopez's husband was killed in a motorcycle accident six weeks ago. She and her husband have always been your favorite neighbors and you had many fun times together. She is now not as friendly and does not want to share in familiar recreational activities. You should:

Accepted Answer

A)   Still keep calling her and informing her of upcoming events
B)   Visit her expecting to just listen
C)   Ask her what tasks you could help her with
D)   Offer to go to a bereavement support group with her
E)   All of these

Question 10

After burying his wife, one adult found his answering machine still had a recording of her voice from a message she left a few days before her death. When he listens to this recording, he says he finds comfort and solace. As he tells you about this, your best response would be:

Accepted Answer

A)   To tell him about a support group and urge him to meet new people
B)   To listen to him and acknowledge his finding comfort in this way
C)   To tell him he must realize he could be making it harder for himself to form new relationships
D)   To ask him if he would like you to call him and visit with him
E)   To tell him you know how he is feeling

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After burying his wife, one adult found his answering machine still had a recording of her voice from a message she left a few days before her death. When he listens to this recording, he says he finds comfort and solace. As he tells you about this, your best response would be:

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Grief resulting from a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, publicly mourned, or socially supported is called:

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