Which phrase best describes complicated grief?
a. Grieving for multiple deaths at the same time
b. An unusually prolonged or intense pattern of grief
c. Grieving for someone you did not particularly care for
d. Death of a partner from AIDS when you were the individual who infected him or her
Question 2Which has NOT been proposed as a key factor in explaining why personality is so stable across the lifespan?
a. Heredity
b. Lasting effects of childhood
c. Biological factors like diseases
d. The tendency of environments to remain stable
Question 3In the United States, who would be least likely to experience disenfranchised grief?
a. A female whose ex-husband just died
b. A gay male whose partner just died
c. A teenager male whose girlfriend was killed by a drunk driver
d. A women who just miscarried her fetus
Question 4With regard to personality development during adulthood, which statement is true?
a. There is generally more change in personality between adolescence and middle age than there is between middle age and old age.
b. There are virtually no changes in personality beyond adolescence.
c. The historical context in which people grow up appears to have little influence on personality development.
d. Most people undergo highly significant personality changes as they progress from middle age to old age.
Question 5_____ grief is not fully recognized by others and is generally harder to cope with than other forms of grief.
a. Anticipatory
b. Disenfranchised
c. Chronic
d. Finality
Question 6Research has indicated that as individuals move from adolescence to middle age, they would be most likely to experience a modest increase in
a. neuroticism.
b. extraversion.
c. openness to new experience.
d. conscientiousness.
Question 7The best predictor for depression four years after the death of a spouse is having
a. cohabitated prior to the death of the spouse.
b. lived with a spouse who had a long, chronic ailment.
c. been depressed prior to the death of the spouse .
d. failed to actively engage in grief work.