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What Is the Mortality Salience Hypothesis? Describe How Support for This

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What is the mortality salience hypothesis? Describe how support for this hypothesis supports terror management theory. Give an example of how this hypothesis has been tested in research.


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Heterotrophs

Organisms that obtain energy by consuming other living things, unable to synthesize their own food.

Peptidoglycan

A complex polymer found in the cell walls of bacteria that provides structural support and protection.

Gram-positive

Refers to bacteria that retain the crystal violet dye used in Gram staining, indicating a thick peptidoglycan layer in their cell walls.

Gram-negative

Bacteria characterized by a thin layer of peptidoglycan in their cell wall, covered by an outer membrane containing lipopolysaccharides; stains pink in Gram staining.

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