To identify the components of a mature concept of death.
To describe the psychosocial and cognitive models of development and to demonstrate their value in comprehending a child's understanding of death.
To identify the factors that influence a child's understanding of and attitude toward death.
To explain how various agents of socialization influence the understanding of death.
To describe how early experiences with death can influence later conceptions of death.
To appraise the impact of life experiences and environment on a child's understanding of death.
To analyze teachable moments as an aspect of socialization about death.
To describe the way a society responds to death by using three theoretical perspectives: structural-functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and social learning.
To assess the contributions of a variety of subcultures in understanding contemporary death customs and attitudes with particular attention to the cultural diversity found in Hawaii.
