EXAM 2 - SAMPLE QUESTIONS:1. Compare child’s reactions to loss of a parent when a child is 3 years old and when a child is 9 years old. Talk about at least two characteristic reactions for each of the two age groups. 2. What are the typical feelings of a dying child? Discuss at least three of them. 3. Discuss at least three reactions of a child to death of a parent. Provide a concrete example for each of the three reactions. 4. How does the understanding of death change from young, to middle and late adolescence? Describe a major characteristic of each of the stages. 5. We have discussed the sociocultural (Durkheim) and the cognitive perspective (Beck) on suicide. a. Pick one of the two views that you think explains suicide better and say why. b. Describe either Durkheimer’s types of suicide or Beck’s characteristics of thinking in suicidal people. 6. What is anticipatory grief and what are its phases? Provide a concrete example of experiences of a parent going through those phases.7. What is shadow grief? Provide a concrete example?8. What are specific reactions of a grieving parent who lost a child in each of the four phases of mourning? List two specifics unique to a grieving parent for each phase. 9. The broken heart phenomenon:a. Explain what is ‘the broken heart phenomenon’?b. We discussed the cognitive, psychodynamic and humanistic explanations of the broken heart phenomenon. Pick one of the perspectives that you prefer, discuss it and explain why you like this approach.10. What is the social breakdown syndrome (SBS) and what are its four phases? How can we counter its effects through empowerment?11. What is wellness as a way of empowerment? Provide a concrete example of somebody utilizing the wellness approach in dealing with death related fears. 12. What are the four fears a caregiver experiences? Provide a concrete example of somebody experiencing the fear for each of the four categories.13. What are the three major strategies that can help us in providing genuine and compassionate care without slipping into depersonalization and detachment? Describe each of the strategies. 14. Discuss the differences in care for the dying in a hospital setting and in a hospice. Describe at least points of difference.15. What are the advantages of preparing a living