Question
Few school curricula include a unit on how to deal with bereavement and grief, and yet all students at some point in their lives suffer from losses through death and parting.
Based on the above passage which topic would not be included in a unit on bereavement?
Official answer and solution
- Official answer
- C
- From
- Official GATE 2011 answer key
Solution
Determine the focus of a curriculum unit on bereavement based on the passage text.
- The passage states: 'Few school curricula include a unit on how to deal with bereavement and grief, and yet all students at some point in their lives suffer from losses through death and parting.'
- The primary objective of such a unit is providing students with coping mechanisms, emotional support, and empathetic practices for dealing with personal loss and grief.
- Evaluate which topic does not serve this coping and support objective:
- 'how to write a letter of condolence' directly teaches social and emotional expressions of sympathy.
- 'what emotional stages are passed through in the healing process' addresses the psychological phases of grief.
- 'what the leading causes of death are' is a topic of epidemiology or public health statistics, having no direct role in emotional healing or dealing with personal bereavement.
- 'how to give support to a grieving friend' equips students with practical interpersonal care skills.
- Consequently, topic C ('what the leading causes of death are') would not be included in a unit on bereavement.
Final answer
C
The answer is the one in the official GATE answer key. The solution is this site's own explanation.
Source
- Paper
- GATE 2011 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)
- Question
- 61 of 65, printed as GA Q.61
- Section
- General Aptitude
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