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141. Which of the following is FALSE regarding grief? a. There is no evidence that people who engage in activities that help them think about the deceased and explore their own feelings were any healthier a year later than those who choose to avoid reminders of the deceased. b. People who show little obvious distress after the death of a loved one have good coping skills, have grieved for their loved one before death, or experienced death as a relief from the burden of illness. c. There is no evidence that people who fail to grieve immediately after a death will experience problems with “delayed grief” down the road. d. It is unhealthy to maintain strong emotional attachments to the deceased. 142. Which of the following is FALSE regarding grief? a. There is no evidence that people who engage in activities that help them think about the deceased and explore their own feelings were any healthier a year later than those who choose to avoid reminders of the deceased. b. People should “get over” their grief in about a year. c. There is no evidence that people who fail to grieve immediately after a death will experience problems with “delayed grief” down the road. d. Research has found that having strong emotional ties with the deceased can be associated with good adjustment. 143. Although there is no clearly defined course or process of bereavement or grieving, which of the following patterns do exist? a. Children grieve differently than adults. b. Those who are able to make sense of their loss within six months of the death are more likely to be well-adjusted over time. c. Distress over a death tends to be greatest when the deceased is young, the death is sudden and traumatic, and the grieving individual believes the death was preventable. d. All of these patterns exist. 144. Which of the following is FALSE regarding how children grieve? a. Young children who have experienced a loss may show helpless behavior and act like an even younger child. b. Older children often become angry and show behavioral problems, such as disobeying rules and acting aggressively. c. Adolescents often deal with significant losses by discussing their grief with friends. d. Those children who were well adjusted after suffering the loss of a parent tended to have warm caregivers who maintained discipline and had few mental health problems themselves. 145. Distress over a person’s death tends to be greater if a. the deceased was young. b. the death was sudden and traumatic. c. the grieving person believes the death was preventable. d. any of these conditions exist. 146. Which of the following is FALSE regarding grief and grief interventions? a. People who believe in an afterlife and the continued presence of a loved one adjust more easily to a death, experience less helplessness, and use the experience to strengthen their values. b. Children do not grieve differently from adults. c. Numerous experts have concluded that grief interventions are unnecessary and unproductive for most people. d. Individuals with complicated grief tend to have less social support to help them rebuild their lives. 147. Which of the following is FALSE regarding grief and grief interventions? a. Those people who are experiencing complicated grief benefit the most from the same therapies that help depressed clients in general. b. Some grieving individuals rebound quickly whereas others experience complications, yet few people are ever exactly the same as they were before the loss. c. An analysis of various types of grief therapy found significant positive effects for people who were experiencing normal grief. d. Individuals with complicated grief tend to have less social support to help them rebuild their lives. 148. Those who are experiencing complicated grief may benefit from the same therapies that help depressed clients in general, such as ___________ therapies that challenge unhealthy ideas, such as feelings of guilt, and encourage survivors to stay engaged with life. a. grief intervention b. psychoanalytic c. cognitive behavioral d. transcendental meditation 149. After the death of his wife, Barry went for therapy. His therapist utilizes a type of therapy that challenges unhealthy ideas, such as the guilt Barry feels for having been on a business trip when she died. The type of therapy that Barry is receiving is most likely a. brief dynamic therapy. b. psychoanalytic therapy. c. cognitive behavioral therapy. d. transcendental meditation. Short Answer Questions 150. What does a thanatologist study?