Bettleheim argued that death-related themes in children's stories and humor are
a. avoided by healthy children
b. absent
c. morbid or unhealthful
d. wholesome
e. none of these
Question 2Rochlin's research on play activities of children showed that
a. death is a matter of deep consideration to young children
b. death is avoided in children's games
c. peek-a-boo is an example of a child's game that is not related to death
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 3Death-related experiences and issues are not openly discussed with children in contemporary American society because
a. the Amish showed us difficulties in dealing with death
b. children receive many messages that death is not an acceptable topic for discussion
c. most adults fear death and death-related issues
d. all of society has very negative feelings about death
e. none of these
Question 4A fundamental lesson from research on the development of children's concepts of death is that children
a. at a young age are able to grasp a mature concept of death
b. make an active effort to grasp or understand death
c. who think of death as sleep are without a concept of death
d. personify death in Hungary and in other countries
e. can grasp the finality of death before the age of 5
Question 5Which of the following is a significant variable that affects children's interactions with death?
a. individual personality
b. life experiences
c. cognitive development
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 6To say that children engage in magical thinking means they
a. believe all objects and events in the world have been manufactured to serve people
b. attribute life and consciousness to objects that others think of as inanimate
c. explain events by the causal influence of various commands, intentions, and forces
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 7Speece and Brent concluded that most studies of children's understandings of death have found that most children understand the key bioscientific sub-concepts of the concept of death by the age of
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 10
e. 12
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