Which theory addresses the issue of why people engage in certain behaviors to achieve certain psychological states based on their deeply rooted concerns about mortality?
A. Thanatology
B. Terror management theory
C. Death anxiety theory
D. Behavioral death theory
Answer: B
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a. discipline scenario b. authoritarian agenda c. hidden curriculum d. media program
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a. wealth b. poverty c. alienation d. reification
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A. Lead poisoning B. Suicide C. Homicide D. Drug addiction
What pressures people to use drugs? Which set of pressures do you think will be harder to change?
What will be an ideal response?