FREE BMS Sociology Death and Dying Questions and Answers

Question 1

A notice of death, such as one published in a newspaper, typically accompanied by a brief biography of the deceased

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obituary

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lossography

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epitaph

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emigrant

Question 2

measurements of the body's most fundamental processes that are helpful in identifying or keeping track of medical issues.

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vital signs

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medical assistant

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cellular death

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invisible death

Question 3

a plan that specified standards for figuring out when someone has passed away.

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Uniform Determination of Death Act

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National Organ Transplant Act

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American Medical Association's Act

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Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

Question 4

the process through which the shape of the eye's lens changes to focus on or away from the retina

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accommodation

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ethnocentrism

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assimilation

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socialization

Question 5

traditions and conduct that have cultural significance in the latter stages of life

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rituals of dying

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death system

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culture

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cultural lag

Question 6

a 5- to 6-minute period following somatic death in which life may be revived.

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clinical death

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cardiac arrest

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medical examiner

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brain death

Question 7

Japanese for "explosion-affected," first used to characterize those who survived the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic blasts, but now more generally used to represent widespread fear of total annihilation.

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hibakusha

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chihiro

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senbazuru

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postmortem

Question 8

the dread and uncertainty of dying. increases with aging. More worried than men are women. Cultural differences.

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death anxiety

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decisional conflict

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deathbed scene

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disturbed thought processes

Question 9

many avid viewers of violent television shows have the impression that the world is more dangerous and violent than statistics and facts support.

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mean world syndrome

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moral panic

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role strain

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narcotizing dysfunction

Question 10

a religious practice based on the conviction that departed family members still exist, are interested in world events, and have the power to affect the fortune of the living

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ancestor worship

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invisible death

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indigenous

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kin relationships