Students working on a semester group project discuss whether…

Students working on a semester group project discuss whether to choose a safe, easy topic or a risky, challenging topic for their project.  At the beginning of the discussion, students express views leaning toward being in favor of undertaking a risky, challenging topic for their project.  If group polarization occurs, at the end of the discussion, the students will:

Terror Management Theory asserts that when people are remind…

Terror Management Theory asserts that when people are reminded of death or their own mortality that they become overly protective of ‘their way of life’ because these valued cultural traditions symbolize immortality and ever-lasting life. In turn, TMT research findings suggest persons experiencing death reminders tend do: