Defining
Cultural Aspects
Grief and
Facing Death
Mental and Physical Changes
Vietnamese Buddist Monks
100

The action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.

What is Death

100

Prejudice by one age group toward other age groups

What is a Ageism?

100

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

What are the five stages of grief?

100

Aging is often associated with loneliness, death, the ____ of bodily systems

What is the dysfunction?

100

This belief shapes their view of life.

What is reincarnation?

200

The external expression of grief.

What is mourning?

200

The interpersonal, sociophysical and symbolic network, through which an individual's relationship to mortality is mediated by his or her society.

What is the Death System?

200

Grief and __ share many symptoms.

What is depression?

200

In old age physical strength and endurance starts to ___.

What is decrease?

200

Respect is shown to elders by this gesture.

What is bowing?

300

Ages relating to or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings

What is Old Age?

300

Our American death system involves objects like caskets and locations such as these.

What are hospitals and funerals.?

300

Shock, disbelief, sadness, guilt, anger, and fear.

What are the emotional symptoms of grief?

300

Drastic changes occur to your selective attention, divided attention, sustained attention and ____, as you age.

What is decision making?

300

When entering the temple, they must remove these.

What is headwear and shoes?

400

The internal emotional struggle due to a loss.

What is grief?

400

Generally starts around the age of 65.

What is the marker of Old Age?

400

Denial and isolation.

What is Kübler-Ross’ first stage of dying, in which the person rejects that death is really going to take place?

400

Grief and depression can cause life-treating health issues if _____.

What is left untreated?

400

Buddists are very compassionate because of their belief in this.

What is the Law of Karma?

500

Erik Erikson suggests that at this time it is important to find meaning and satisfaction in life

What is integrity vs. despair?

500

A study done by Löckenhoff et. al showed that adults believed attractiveness “decreased a lot” while ___ and  ___ “increased alot”

What is Wisdom and Respect?

500

Kübler-Ross’ second stage of dying, in which the dying person recognizes that denial can no longer be maintained.

What is Anger?

500

episodic memory, explicit memory, implicit memory, source memory, prospective memory, and semantic memory

What are types of memories aging affects?

500

Live by the 5 Precepts of Harmlessness: refraining from intentionally killing any living being, refraining from any form of stealing, refraining from sexual misconduct, in particular from committing adultery, refraining from any form of lying, & this final one.

What is refraining from taking alcohol and non-medicinal drugs?