SDS150R Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Social Death, Brain Death, Phoneme

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Social Development Studies
• Course: SDS150R
• Professor: Peter H Roe

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Clinically dead- this is near death experiences, they can live through these instances. Brain death- vital signs are gone, and your brain stops working. There is no coming back, you are legally dead. Social death- this is the point that is a social phoneme, this is when we observe the body that is dead, this is grieving or a ceremony and rituals. Personality traits these are people that tend to be more independent. Religion- your religious view and what happens after death can affect your views. *there are factor that affect these anxieties such as gender and age play a key role (women tend to be more anxious about death anxiety) *peak of anxiety during 40 years of age. *during stage 0f 80 people talk about death more than any other stage. Older adults unique view of death and mortality.