1. what is your formal definition of life? What is your formal definition of death?
2. Define Thanatology. Name and describe at least three approaches to the study of dying and death.
3. What are the attitudes toward death and dying in the United States? Consider the various factors that might affect these attitudes, such as the age of the dying person.
4. According to anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski, death anxiety (fear) is reduced for the individual through religion. "Religion, as Malinowski predicted, provides individuals with a solace when they attempt to cope with death attitudes." (Leming & Dickinson, 2011, p. 71).
5.Define the concept of death anxiety. Also, do you agree or disagree with Malinowski on the theory of religion as a psychological defense against death anxiety? Why or why not? What other defenses are there against death anxiety?