Terror-Management Theory Emphasizes That Anxiety Is Triggered by an Awareness

question 214

Multiple Choice

Terror-management theory emphasizes that anxiety is triggered by an awareness of one's

• A) impending death.
• B) erogenous zones.
• C) fixations.
• D) Oedipus complex.

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