Anxieties associated with death may be found in
a. death-related attitudes about my own dying
b. death-related attitudes about my own death
c. death-related attitudes about what will happen to me after my death
d. death-related attitudes about the dying, death, or bereavement of someone else
e. all of these
Question 2When people say Mary had a difficult death, they are likely to be referring to
a. the manner of Mary's dying
b. the underlying cause of Mary's death
c. the aftermath of Mary's death
d. the implications of Mary's death for her spouse and family members
e. the likelihood that Mary committed suicide
Question 3Freud argued that
a. in the unconscious, every one of us is convinced of his or her own mortality
b. at bottom nobody believes in his or her own death
c. our own death is quite imaginable
d. awareness of individual mortality is the most basic source of anxiety
e. self-reports about death anxiety are both valid and reliable
Question 4Many studies of death anxiety assume that
a. adequate instruments and methodologies are available to identify and measure death anxieties
b. individuals will be both willing and able to disclose their death anxieties
c. death anxiety does exist
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 5In many studies of death anxiety in our society,
a. men report higher death anxiety than women
b. older adults report more death anxiety than younger persons
c. individuals with strong religious convictions report more death anxiety than those who do not share such a value framework
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 6According to many studies of death anxiety in our society,
a. women report higher death anxiety than do men
b. men report higher death anxiety than do women
c. younger persons report less death anxiety than do adults
d. measuring death anxiety is relatively simple to accomplish
e. death anxiety is independent of one's life accomplishments