PSYC 3570 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Muscle Tone, Insomnia, Married People
10 Dec 2018
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Psychology of death and dying chapter 11 notes bereavement, greif, and mourning. Some responses to loss: people who have been through the same thing are the most helpful. Defining our terms: bereavement, grief, mourning: bereavement- an objective fact, we are bereaved when someone dies. We often have a relationship with that person. It"s sad to lose something we once had. Effects how the person feels, thinks, eats, sleeps, and makes it through the day. This is not the only response to bereavement (some people are angry or indifferent), but most common. Dissociative flight can occur, leaving the person in extreme, even psychotic denial. In a study, monkeys who were most agitated, slouching and withdrawn were those who immune systems were most affected by the stress of separation. How people express their loss is not universal, however. These expression vary from culture to culture and also change over time.
