Describe five predictable changes and symptoms that occur in the dying person shortly before death.
What will be an ideal response?
Loss of appetite; cachexia; increased sleep; disorientation; visual and auditory hallucinations; declines in cognitive function; pain; shortness of breath; irregular breathing; nausea; disrupted bladder and bowel function; lethargy; death rattle; bloating; anxiety, depression; confusion; inability to recognize family members; delirium.
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Jordan's parents place few demands on her behavior. They are not warm or responsive to her needs. Jordan's parents would be classified as
a. permissive-indulgent. b. authoritative. c. authoritarian. d. rejecting-neglecting.
Considering the fact that most people play many of the same roles, their identities
a. are essentially the same. b. differ because they place different values on some of these roles. c. are the same because these roles have the same goal affordances. d. differ because they have equal levels of commitment to these roles.
Pleas such as "culpable and mentally disabled," "mentally disabled, but neither culpable nor innocent," and "guilty, but mentally ill" allows ____
a. jurors to reach a decision that convicts individuals for their crimes, holds them responsible for their acts, and ensures that they are given treatment for their mental illness b. a judgment that a defendant has a factual and rational understanding of the proceeding and can rationally consult with counsel about his/her defense c. different states and municipalities use different tests of insanity with varying outcomes d. mental health professionals to come to a conclusion on what constitutes mental illness
Imagining how another person would view the problem and asking "silly" or playful questions are ways to
a. restate the problem in different and novel ways. b. are mental sets that must be avoided. c. narrowly define a problem so it can be clearly understood. d. prevent incubation of the problem.