Grief Work

question 20

Multiple Choice

Grief work

• A) refers to the healthy confrontation and acknowledgment of the emotions brought about by death.
• B) involves the reorganization of the life of the remaining spouse.
• C) keeps the widowed from coping with the finality of the loss of their spouse.
• D) is best achieved by the widow quickly resuming her past social activities after the death of her spouse.

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Definitions:

Frontal Lobes

The portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments.

Explicit Memory

A form of enduring memory that entails the deliberate recall of particular details and occurrences.

Semantic Memory

Explicit memory of facts and general knowledge; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is episodic memory).

Episodic Memory

Explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is semantic memory).