PSY 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mental Process
5 Mar 2016
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Aitudes to death and indeed the meanings of one"s life expressed in burial customs o o. Ancient egypians believed in the al and buried the dead w tools for journey to the next world - preservaion of body essenial for journey. N. a. culture today tries to dispose of body as quick as possible. Provide survivors w a sense of and a forum of expression for the dead. Confrontaion w the death and a move to resolving the crisis and acceping loss. Need to respond to death of a signiicant person o. Actual response depends on many factors e. g. relaionships. Death noiicaion serves to elicit support for the bereaved. Doctor must declare body oicially dead, issue death ceriicate. Directors were ppl who provided necessary materials for prep of body but in the home. 19th cen began to provide services o o. Smaller houses and urbanizaion opened way for funeral parlour.
