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11. According to terror management theory, thinking about one’s own death leads to which of the following? a. denial b. despair c. confusion d. a stronger self-concept 12. Suppose you conduct a research study in China, which has a collectivist culture, and the Unites Stated. In your study, you encourage adults in both cultures to think about and write about their own deaths. Generalizing from similar research described in the text, you should expect that the U.S. participants in your study will experience a greater tendency to focus on _________ and that their self-esteem will ___________, relative to the Chinese participants. a. collectivism; increase b. collectivism; decrease c. individualism; increase d. individualism; decrease 13. According to the text, people with high levels of self-esteem generally experience ____ death-related anxiety, and this result is _________ with predictions from terror management theory. a. more; consistent b. more; inconsistent c. less; consistent d. less; inconsistent 14. Generalizing from the text, terror management theory seems to provide the best predictions for which of the following groups of people? a. older people from collectivist cultures b. older people from individualist cultures c. younger people from collectivist cultures d. younger people from individualist cultures 15. If you asked a high school student, “If you knew you had 2 months to live, what would you most want to do?” the most typical response would be: a. spend more time with my family b. spend more time with my friends c. travel and do the things that I want to do but have not yet had the chance d. kill myself 16. If you asked an older adult, “If you knew you had 2 months to live, what would you most want to do?” the most typical response would be: a. spend more time with my family and friends b. take time to do the things I’ve always wanted to do but have never had time for c. travel and read d. kill myself 17. If you asked a young person and an older adult, “If you knew you had 2 months to live, what would you most want to do,” you would expect that the young person would say__________ and the older adult would say_______________: a. spend time with family and friends; travel and experience the world b. travel and experience the world; spend time with family and friends c. spend time with family and friends; spend time with family and friends d. travel and experience the world; travel and experience the world 18 Which of the following lists the five stages of death and dying described by Kübler-Ross in the correct order? a. denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance b. depression, denial, anger, bargaining, acceptance c. anger, depression, denial, bargaining, acceptance d. anger, denial, bargaining, depression, acceptance 19. Which of the following people was the researcher who studied the way people typically adjust to their own death and who identified five stages that many people go through as they prepare for their own death? a. Mary Ainsworth b. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross c. Anna Erikson d. Robert Havighurst 20. According to the work of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, which of the following statements best reflects the anger stage of dying? a. “I’m a goner.” b. “The doctor has given me the wrong diagnosis.” c. “Why me?” d. “How can I get out of this?”