Phenomenology of Behavior
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- the study of death and dying
- thanatology
- process of adjustment to the loss of someone to whom the person feels close
- bereavement
- three stages of grief
- 1) shock & disbelief 2) Preoccupation w/ the memory of the deceased 3) Resolution - pattern of grief significantly affected by circumstances of death
- way in which the bereaved and community act while adjusting to a death
- mourning
- T/F: depression is universal among bereaved
- F: only 15-35%
- T/F: Failure to show distress leads to problems
- F, not necessarily
- T/F: Everyone returns to "normal" over time.
- F, especially in cases of sudden accident or homocide
- Who was the Swiss born psychiatrist who proposed 5 stages of grief in "On Death & Dying"
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.
- Name Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of grief:
- 1) Denial 2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance
- Characteristic of which of Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of grief: patient "shops around" for doctors, pursues different diagnoses, or seeks unconventional treatments, despie overwhelming and consistent diagnosis
- 1) Denial
- Characteristic of which of Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of grief: displacement and projection commonly observed during this stage
- 2) Anger
- Characteristic of which of Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of grief: patient agrees to alter behavior, become devoted to a religion, give away prized possessions, make charitable donations, or pursue some special treatment
- 3) Bargaining
- During Kubler-Ross's stage 4) Depression, which type of depression is described: stems from consequences of illness, either physiological or because of having to lose job/stop functioning regularly.
- Reactive
- During Kubler-Ross's stage 4) Depression, which type of depression is described: accounts for impending loss.
- Preparatory
- Characteristic of which of Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of grief: circle of interests may diminish.
- 5) acceptance
- T/F: Kubler-Ross's stages may be experienced in an alternate order
- T