PSY 3101 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Near-Death Experience, Purgatory, John Bowlby

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

Document Summary

Hindu/india: respond to death by going to a sacred place for good death. Halloween; use to be a sacred thing and now its not, ritual for the dead. Death has been reduced to controllable images (movies) Ganto ashani: special clothing is to be worn to funeral, a clothe that is stamped with symbols (ex. One that praised god), they often say something about the deceased (spider = wisdom) They believe it is easier to wear death than to say it. They also use coffins that serve a purpose and represent the person in some way (ex. Curiosity, preparation for life, vocational reasons, aftermath of unresolved death (past or present) We are all vulnerable (ex. the viruses that kill us are very small) Trends: high death rate under the age of 1 and over the age of 75, 1994 a lot fewer deaths in those age categories, we are living longer now, older population, females live longer.