Describe at least one characteristic of individuals who have the highest death anxiety. What is the reason for the strong correlation?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Individuals who do not participate consistently in religious activities and are unsure about their beliefs have higher death anxiety than strong believers and atheists. Without a strong faith, it may be that being loosely affiliated with their religion makes them think about death, but not in a comforting way. Women are also higher in death anxiety; perhaps because of traditional gender roles they worry about who will care for their loved ones.
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a. 10% b. 25% c. 40% d. 55%
Recall that a number of researchers have found that participants from Asian cultures are less likely than participants from Western cultures to make the fundamental attribution error. These findings suggest that
a. values and norms can influence cognitive processes. b. experimental stimuli were poorly translated. c. it is relatively easy to teach people to reason more logically. d. Eastern cultures are more advanced than Western cultures.