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Assignment:
1. ________ refers to the freedom of individuals to construct their own reality and have active responses to the social structures in their lives.
a) Symbolic interactionism
b) Structural-functionalist approach
c) Social learning
d) Mature concept of death
2. EMTs, doctors, nurses and funeral directors are examples of what part of the death system:
a) functions
b) providers
c) components
d) none of the above
3. According to Piaget's theory, during which stage do children typically demonstrate a mature concept of death?
a) concrete operational
b) sensorimotor
c) formal operational
d) preoperational
4. The average number of executions per year for criminal homicide is:
a) 55
b) 300
c) 10,000
d) 22,000
5. Graveyards are part of churches and cemeteries are not.
a) True
b) False
6. A structure that contains the bones and skulls of the dead and that is typically found within or near a church is called a:
a) Mausoleum.
b) charnel house.
c) cemetery.
d) sanctuary.
7. If a person commits a murder because they are driving while under the influence, this would be considered manslaughter.
a) True
b) False
8. The deathbed scene before the late nineteenth century is characterized by what?
a) religious prominence in the thoughts of the dying person
b) imagining the eventual reunion with loved ones
c) a series of little steps
d) dying as a technological process
9. Clinical death is determined by all of the following EXCEPT:
a) cessation of heartbeat
b) cessation of respiration
c) deterioration of the body's systems and organs
d) absence of brain activity and a flat electroencephalogram
10. According to the Uniform Determination of Death Act, an individual is dead when he/she has sustained
1. irreversible cessation of the capacity for social interaction.
2. irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions.
3. irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
4. irreversible cessation of the capacity for consciousness.
a) 1 and 2
b) 1 and 3
c) 2 and 3
d) 2 and 4