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| 1. To identify historical antecedents of current attitudes toward death. 2. To describe how attitudes toward death are expressed in the mass media and through language, music, literature, the visual arts, and humor. 3. To define thanatology and give examples of its various dimensions. 4. To summarize research and practice about death anxiety and terror management theory. 5. To identify key events and personalities in the rise of death education. 6. To list and analyze factors that have contributed to a lessened familiarity with death. 7. To examine common assumptions about death. 8. To identify the impact of death in a cosmopolitan society. 9. To explore one’s own losses and attitudes toward death. |