The Correct Sequence of the Five Stages of Death and Dying

question 272

Multiple Choice

The correct sequence of the five stages of death and dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ______.

• A) denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
• B) denial, anger, bargaining, acceptance, and depression
• C) anger, denial, bargaining, acceptance, and depression
• D) anger, denial, bargaining, depression, and acceptance

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Definitions:

Temporary Insanity

A legal defense theory that a person was insane during the commission of a crime but regained sanity after the act.

Mental Disease

A broad category of conditions affecting an individual's thinking, perception, behavior, or mood, significantly impacting day-to-day life.

Voluntary Use

The choice or decision to use or engage in a particular behavior or substance without coercion.

Irresistible Impulse Rule

A legal defense theory that argues a defendant was compelled by an uncontrollable impulse to perform an illegal act, as a result of mental illness, and therefore should not be held accountable.