What is mortality salience?

A) an increased awareness of death.
B) the belief that the soul does not die with the body.
C) most people's failure to consider that they will die someday.
D) strategies people use to try to extend their lives.


Answer: A
Rationale: Mortality salience is an increased awareness of death.

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