Briefly describe the different cultural conceptions of death
What will be an ideal response?
Even in Western cultures, reaction to death is diverse. The teaching of cultural and religious beliefs affects perceptions of death. Research suggests that Christian and Jewish youth view death from a "scientific" point of view, while Sunni Muslim and Druze children view death in spiritual terms. Native Americans see death as a continuation of life. The Lakota parents tell their children that when people die they move to the spirit land called Wanagi Makoce inhabited by people and animals. Death is not viewed with anger or as unfair. Children of Northern Ireland and Israel understand the finality of death at an earlier age than U.S. and British children do.
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a. self-esteem b. perceived fairness c. expectancy d. salary
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A. has not yet developed constructs that will allow him to deal with the new people and situations he encounters. B. is unable to understand the way other people construe the world. C. has had difficulty in this type of situation before. D. is not yet motivated enough to develop hypotheses about how things operate in this new environment.
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b. Even though people may not be able to produce the answer to a question, they are fairly good at predicting whether they could recognize it if it were later presented to them. c. Although feeling of knowing performance is fairly good, it is far from perfect. d. People tend to underestimate their knowledge.
According to the "random events" theory of biological aging,
A) DNA in body cells is gradually damaged through spontaneous or externally caused mutations. B) the human body wears out from use over time. C) the existence of aging genes controls most biological changes. D) environmental factors have little impact on human longevity.