Why Is It Unwise to Use Euphemisms When Explaining Death

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Multiple Choice

Why is it unwise to use euphemisms when explaining death to children?

• A) Because research shows that such approaches actually lead to greater symptoms in children.
• B) Because children will come to confuse cartoon and storybook characters with real people.
• C) Because children will become traumatized and start to fear things they should enjoy.
• D) Because children will take the euphemisms literally and fail to understand the deeper meaning of such statements.

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Definitions:

Transferred Out

In manufacturing and accounting, refers to goods or materials that have been moved from one process or department to another in the production process.

Weighted-Average Method

A cost-flow assumption used in inventory valuation and costing, calculating the cost of goods sold and ending inventory based on a weighted average of costs.

Equivalent Unit

A concept used in process costing that represents the amount of work done on incomplete units, expressed in terms of fully completed units.

Weighted-Average Method

An inventory costing method that calculates the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold based on the average cost of all inventory units.