An example of a behavioral task for bereaved persons is
a. writing a poem about the deceased person
b. attending the wake or the funeral
c. putting together a scrapbook of pictures and memories
d. tracing a family tree of the deceased
e. all of these
Question 2An example of an affective task for bereaved persons is
a. expressing strong feelings of grief
b. seeking information about the death
c. seeking information about grief and bereavement
d. making new friendships
e. memorializing the life of the deceased
Question 3Providing prompt, accurate, and reliable information can helping bereaved persons with
a. affective tasks
b. valuational tasks
c. cognitive tasks
d. behavioral tasks
e. forgetting the individual who died
Question 4An example of a cognitive task for bereaved persons is
a. resuming vocational responsibilities established before the death
b. making new friendships
c. expressing strong feelings
d. seeking information about the death
e. commemorating the life of the deceased
Question 5According to Phyllis Silverman, for all bereaved persons the central issue in any helping encounter is
a. to help the bereaved person stop grieving
b. to learn to build a life without the deceased
c. to avoid mentioning the name of the dead person
d. to provide answers to religious or spiritual questions
e. none of these
Question 6One can help a bereaved person by
a. assisting in practical ways through the time of the funeral
b. saying tell me what I can do for you right now?
c. mentioning the name of the person who died as you would have before the death
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 7The least helpful of these five interventions for bereaved persons is
a. giving advice without being asked for it
b. supporting their grieving
c. listening to their story
d. doing something specific to help
e. saying tell me how I can help you
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