Because Tom Believes in a Task-Based Approach to Dying, What

question 68

Multiple Choice

Because Tom believes in a task-based approach to dying, what is he most likely to tell his terminally ill best friend, Jake?

• A) "Use the time left to seek out the greatest physical stressor you can imagine."
• B) "Be sure to keep in touch and use me as a support."
• C) "Deny, deny, deny!"
• D) "Realize that dying follows a prescribed set of stages that you should prepare to move through."

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies used unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Projection

A defense mechanism in psychology where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and motives to another person.

Queer

A term used in the context of gender and sexuality that can denote identities that are not exclusively homosexual or heterosexual, or normative gender expressions.

Orally Fixated Person

An individual who retains an infantile tendency to focus on oral activities, such as eating or talking, as identified in psychoanalytic theory.