CT Grief & Bereavement Theory 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Therese Rando's 'R' processes of mourning begin with which foundational task?
- Relinquish old attachments
- Recognize the loss (Correct answer)
- Reconnect with the deceased
- Restructure identity
Correct answer: Recognize the loss
Rando's six 'R' processes begin with Recognize the loss, acknowledging that the death has occurred.
Question 2: In Worden's Task II of mourning, the primary goal is to:
- Withdraw emotional energy from the deceased
- Find meaning in the loss
- Work through the pain of grief (Correct answer)
- Adjust to a changed environment
Correct answer: Work through the pain of grief
Task II requires the mourner to work through the pain of grief rather than avoiding or suppressing it.
Question 3: Which theorist introduced the concept of 'assumptive world' as central to understanding grief?
- Colin Murray Parkes (Correct answer)
- George Bonanno
- Margaret Stroebe
- Dennis Klass
Correct answer: Colin Murray Parkes
Colin Murray Parkes developed the concept that grief shatters the mourner's assumptive world — internalized expectations about how the world operates.
Question 4: The Dual Process Model categorizes stressors into loss-orientation and:
- Trauma-orientation
- Restoration-orientation (Correct answer)
- Attachment-orientation
- Continuing-orientation
Correct answer: Restoration-orientation
Stroebe and Schut's Dual Process Model identifies restoration-oriented stressors as those focused on life changes secondary to bereavement.
Question 5: Complicated grief characterized by an inability to accept the reality of the loss is termed:
- Chronic grief (Correct answer)
- Delayed grief
- Masked grief
- Unanticipated grief
Correct answer: Chronic grief
Chronic grief is prolonged mourning in which the bereaved remains stuck and unable to move forward, often refusing to accept the permanence of the loss.
Question 6: In attachment theory, Bowlby described which phase as involving disorganization and despair following bereavement?
- Phase 1: Numbing
- Phase 2: Yearning and searching
- Phase 3: Disorganization and despair (Correct answer)
- Phase 4: Reorganization
Correct answer: Phase 3: Disorganization and despair
Bowlby's Phase 3 involves disorganization and despair when the bereaved begins to accept that searching for the lost person is futile.
Question 7: The concept of 'meaning reconstruction' following loss is most associated with which theorist?
- Robert Neimeyer (Correct answer)
- William Worden
- Therese Rando
- Erich Lindemann
Correct answer: Robert Neimeyer
Robert Neimeyer developed meaning reconstruction theory, proposing that grief involves rebuilding a coherent personal narrative after loss disrupts one's sense of meaning.
CT Grief & Bereavement Theory 2
Therese Rando's 'R' processes of mourning begin with which foundational task?