Death and design: The terror management function of teleological beliefs |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">William?E?DavisEmail author Jacob?Juhl Clay?Routledge |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA;(2) Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, 4235 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-4235, USA |
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Abstract: | Humans have a tendency to endorse teleological beliefs about the world. According to terror management theory, teleological
or purposeful beliefs about the world help people cope with the awareness of mortality. Though research is generally consistent
with this assertion, it has not been directly tested. Three studies tested and supported the notion that teleological beliefs
about the world serve a terror management function. In “Study 1”, experimentally elevated teleological beliefs reduced death-thought accessibility. In “Studies 2 and 3”, mortality salience increased teleological beliefs, even if this resulted in judgment errors. Alternative explanations were
tested and did not account for the findings. |
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