Chronic Sorrow Is

question 10

Multiple Choice

Chronic sorrow is:

• A) A response to the birth of a "less than perfect" infant that resolves as the family adjusts to the changes in their lives
• B) A normal grief response that is associated with the day-to-day experience of living with "what is" versus the parents' view of "what should have been"
• C) An atypical grief response associated with conflicting cultural and personal values concerning disability
• D) A mild form of depression that often affects parents of both genders following the birth of a child

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Definitions:

Terror Management Theory

A theory which says that to minimize fear of mortality, humans strive to sustain faith that they are enduringly valued contributors to a meaningful world and therefore transcend their physical death.

Social Dominance Theory

The theory that large societies create hierarchies and that people tend to endorse beliefs thatlegitimatize that hierarchy.

Mortality

The state of being subject to death; the opposite of immortality.

Higher Entitativity

A perception of a group as being a cohesive and unified entity, based on similarities among its members or the strength of their shared identity.