Terror Management Theory Suggests That Self-Esteem Serves a Terror Management

question 50

Multiple Choice

Terror management theory suggests that self-esteem serves a terror management function by reducing ​

• A)awareness of the inevitability of death.
• B)mortality salience.
• C)anxiety.
• D)cultural worldviews.

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