Question 1

Currently there is almost an obsession,and certainly a fascination,with death-related themes in American movies.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Gerontophobia is the fear of dying of a debilitating disease.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Cigarette smoking in movies today is becoming more popular.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Physician-assisted suicide is now legal in the US states of:

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A)  South Carolina and Alabama
B)  Idaho and North Dakota
C)  Oregon and Washington
D)  New York and New JerseyE) C) and D)
F) A) and B) C

Question 5

The bestselling book on death and dying published in 1969 is

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A)  Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death.
B)  Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's On Death and Dying.
C)  Herman Feifel's The Meaning of Death.
D)  Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death.
E)  Raymond Moody's Life After Life.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 6

Two professional journals in death and dying today are

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A)  Death Education and Death and Life.
B)  Alpha and Omega.
C)  Omega and Death Studies.
D)  Thanatology Studies and Death and Dying.
E)  Death and Dying and Death Studies.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

Anthropologist Ashley Montagu suggested that women have a superior use of emotions because they are more likely to cry than men.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Morbidity rates for women in the United States

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A)  are higher than for men.
B)  are lower than for men.
C)  are no different than for men.
D)  cannot be determined.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

ISAS is a shorthand presentation of structural functionalism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Leading causes of death in 1900 were cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Emphasizing the organization of the funeral industry and its relationship with other social structures in a society would be important in which of these conceptual frameworks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social conflict
B)  Structural?functional
C)  Social exchange
D)  Symbolic interactionE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 12

The interdisciplinary study of death-related behavior is known as

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A)  death etiology.
B)  thanatology.
C)  anthropometry.
D)  gerontology.
E)  geriatrics.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above B

Question 13

American society formally prepares individuals to deal with dying and death on both personal and emotional levels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Women have a higher morbidity rate than men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Life expectancy in the United States is greater for males than females.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Physical anthropologists who study death-related phenomena have a special interest in death rituals in different cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Regarding death and dying,cultural anthropologists study

Accepted Answer

A)  rituals through which individuals deal with death and hence celebrate life.
B)  the biological aspects of dying.
C)  human remains and try to reconstruct the behavior.
D)  none of the above.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of an acute disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pneumonia
B)  AIDS
C)  Cancer
D)  Arthritis
E)  DiabetesF) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

The ISAS paradigm for doing research in the social sciences,especially sociology,is the shorthand formula for

Accepted Answer

A)  structural functionalism.
B)  the conflict perspective.
C)  social exchange.
D)  symbolic interactionism.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

In the early 1940s Hollywood began to produce films around the theme of death when the "good guy" died.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Studying Dying, Death, and Bereavement

Currently there is almost an obsession,and certainly a fascination,with death-related themes in American movies.

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Gerontophobia is the fear of dying of a debilitating disease.

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Cigarette smoking in movies today is becoming more popular.

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Physician-assisted suicide is now legal in the US states of:

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The bestselling book on death and dying published in 1969 is

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Two professional journals in death and dying today are

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Anthropologist Ashley Montagu suggested that women have a superior use of emotions because they are more likely to cry than men.

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Morbidity rates for women in the United States

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ISAS is a shorthand presentation of structural functionalism.

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Leading causes of death in 1900 were cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

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Emphasizing the organization of the funeral industry and its relationship with other social structures in a society would be important in which of these conceptual frameworks?

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The interdisciplinary study of death-related behavior is known as

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American society formally prepares individuals to deal with dying and death on both personal and emotional levels.

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Women have a higher morbidity rate than men.

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Life expectancy in the United States is greater for males than females.

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Physical anthropologists who study death-related phenomena have a special interest in death rituals in different cultures.

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Regarding death and dying,cultural anthropologists study

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Which of the following is an example of an acute disease?

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The ISAS paradigm for doing research in the social sciences,especially sociology,is the shorthand formula for

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In the early 1940s Hollywood began to produce films around the theme of death when the "good guy" died.

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