Which of the Following Is True Regarding the Loss of a Child

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true regarding the loss of a child?

• A) Parents tend to become overly concerned about the surviving siblings and tend to offer them too much support.
• B) The younger the child is at the time of death, the more difficult it is for parents to cope with the loss.
• C) The inability to make sense of the loss increases the intensity of the grief.
• D) Marital strain following the loss is higher in couples who had a good relationship prior to the death versus those who had shaky marriages prior to the death.

Explain system justification theory and its relevance to social change and policy acceptance.

Understand the cognitive underpinnings of prejudice and its propagation.

Understand the concept of hindsight bias and its impact on perception after an event.

Identify and explain the psychological mechanisms behind aggression and violence.

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Definitions:

Sensory Memory

It is the shortest-term element of memory which acts as a buffer for stimuli received through the senses, lasting typically less than a second.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where old information hinders the recall of newly learned information.

Retrieval Failure

A phenomenon in cognitive psychology where the inability to recall information is often due to the absence of proper cues or a failure in the retrieval process.

Spacing Effect

The cognitive phenomenon where learning is facilitated when study sessions are spaced out over time rather than conducted in a single session.