What Happens When Researchers Induce Mortality Salience Using Essay Writing

question 123

Multiple Choice

What happens when researchers induce mortality salience using essay writing procedures?

• A) Participants motivation states are not changed.
• B) Participants are increasingly motivated to defend their own worldview.
• C) Participants decrease their sense of attachment to their families.
• D) Participants are motivated to change their perceptions of death.

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Definitions:

Observable Behaviour

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Psychoanalytic Theory

A framework for understanding human psychology that emphasizes the role of unconscious processes and childhood experiences in shaping personality and behavior.

Personality

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Unconscious Determinants

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