PSY 3101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Life Review, No Age, Centrality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3101
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

The prolongation of the process of dying. Nuclear age e. g. mass weapons of destruction. Psychology of entitlement the rights of dying. Human approaches vs. technologies birth and dying. Age of transition failure and death are not synonymous. Aftermath of unresolved death (past - home, present - institutions) Explain the historical perspectives of death and dying. Charnal houses: where all people went to die (unity) Concept of death awareness of one"s own. Wills were a testament to the person and not a disposition of wealth. Renaissance era + philosopher"s period (religion gave way to reason) Death of the other was emphasized romantic. Memorialization of the dead elaborate ceremonies, tombstones. Finality made less severe by afterlife and by perpetuating deceased. Others" death overshadowed over one"s own mortality. Death became taboo (called the invisible death ) Some experts believe that religion functions to relieve anxiety. Death anxiety brings out religious activities and rituals.