How Might a Researcher Determine Whether a Particular Cultural Belief

question 73

Multiple Choice

How might a researcher determine whether a particular cultural belief serves as a buffer against mortality concerns?

• A) by randomly assigning people to think about that cultural belief or not, and then measuring their level of self-esteem
• B) by measuring the extent to which fears of death positively correlate with the level of that belief
• C) by randomly assigning some people to think about death, and others not to, and then measuring the extent to which people express support for that cultural belief
• D) by manipulating the extent to which people connect their sense of self-esteem to that cultural belief, and then measuring the extent to which they are thinking about death

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