Chapters 34, 36 & 37

Question 1

Body Image

Answer 1

Peoples’ subjective concept of their physical appearance.

Question 2

Identity

Answer 2

Component of self-concept characterized by one’s persisting consciousness of being oneself, separate and distinct from others.

Question 3

Identity confusion

Answer 3

Results when people do not maintain a clear, consistent, and continuous consciousness of personal identity.

Question 4

Role ambiguity

Answer 4

Unclear role expectations which makes people unsure and causes stress and confusion.

Question 5

Role conflict

Answer 5

Result when a person simultaneously assumes two or more roles that are inconsistent contradictory, or mutually exclusive.

Question 6

Role overload

Answer 6

Involves having more roles or responsibilities within a role than are manageable.

Question 7

Role performance

Answer 7

is the way in which individuals perceive their ability to carry out significant roles (e.g., parent, supervisor, partner, or close friend).

Question 8

Role strain

Answer 8

Combines role conflict and role ambiguity. Some express role strain as a feeling of frustration when a person feels inadequate or unsuited to a role such as providing care for a family member with Alzheimer’s disease.

Question 9

Self-concept

Answer 9

Complex, dynamic integration of conscious and unconscious feelings, attitudes, and perceptions about one’s identity, physical being, worth, and roles; how a person perceives and defines self.

Question 10

Self-esteem

Answer 10

Feeling of self-worth characterized by feelings of achievement, adequacy, self-confidence, and usefulness.

Question 11

Sick role

Answer 11

Involves the expectations of others and society regarding how an individual behaves when sick.

Question 12

Agnostic

Answer 12

Individual who believes that any ultimate reality is unknown or unknowable.

Question 13

Atheist

Answer 13

Individual who does not believe in the existence of God.

Question 14

Connectedness

Answer 14

Having close spiritual relationships with oneself, others, and God or another spiritual being.

Question 15

Faith

Answer 15

Set of beliefs and a way of relating to self, others, and a Supreme Being.

Question 16

Holistic

Answer 16

Of or pertaining to the whole; considering all factors.

Question 17

Hope

Answer 17

Confident but uncertain expectation of achieving a future goal.

Question 18

Self-transcendence

Answer 18

Sense of authentically connecting to one’s inner self.

Question 19

Spiritual distress

Answer 19

State of being out of harmony with a system of beliefs, a Supreme Being, or God.

Question 20

Spirituality

Answer 20

Spiritual dimension of a person, including the relationship with humanity, nature, and a supreme being.

Question 21

Spiritual well-being

Answer 21

Individual’s spirituality that enables a person to love, have faith and hope, seek meaning in life, and nurture relationships with others.

Question 22

Transcendence

Answer 22

The belief that there is a force outside of and greater than the person that exists beyond the material world.

Question 23

Actual loss

Answer 23

Loss of an object, person, body part or function, or emotion that is overt and easily identifiable

Question 24

Anticipatory grief

Answer 24

Grief response in which the person begins the grieving process before an actual loss.

Question 25

Bereavement

Answer 25

Response to loss through death; a subjective experience that a person suffers after losing a person with whom there has been a significant relationship.

Question 26

Grief

Answer 26

Form of sorrow involving the person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occurs as a response to an actual or perceived loss.

Question 27

Hope

Answer 27

Confident but uncertain expectation of achieving a future goal.

Question 28

Hospice

Answer 28

System of family-centered care designed to help terminally ill people be comfortable and maintain a satisfactory lifestyle throughout the terminal phrase of their illness.

Question 29

Ambiguous loss

Answer 29

A type of disenfranchised grief, can occur when the lost person is physically present but not psychologically available, as in cases of severe dementia or brain injury.

Question 30

Autopsy

Answer 30

The surgical dissection of a body after death. To determine the exact cause of circumstances of death or discover the pathway of a disease.

Question 31

Complicated grief

Answer 31

A person has a prolonged or significantly difficult time moving forward after a loss.

Question 32

Disenfranchised grief

Answer 32

When their relationship to the deceased person is not socially sanctioned, cannot be shared openly, or seems of lesser significance.

Question 33

Postmortem care

Answer 33

Care of a patient’s body after death.

Question 34

Perceived loss

Answer 34

Loss that is less obvious to the individual experiencing it. Although easily overlooked or misunderstood, a perceived loss results in the same grief process as an actual loss.

Question 35

Situational loss

Answer 35

Loss of a person, thing, or quality resulting from a change in a life situation, including changes related to illness, body image, environment, and death.

Question 36

Normal (uncomplicated) grief

Answer 36

Is a common and universal reaction characterized by complex emotional, cognitive, social physical, behavioral, and spiritual responses to loss and death.

Question 37

Organ and tissue donation

Answer 37

In accordance with federal law, a specially trained professional (transplant coordinator or social worker) makes request for organ and tissue donation at the time of every death. The person requesting organ or tissue donation provides information about who can give consent legally, which organs or tissues can be donated, associated costs, and how donation affects burial or cremation.