________ theory states that people deal with their anxiety over the inevitability of their own death by striving for symbolic immortality.This immortality is achieved through preserving valued cultural worldviews and believing they have lived up to the culture's standards.

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This theory is known as Terror Management Theory (TMT), which proposes that individuals cope with the awareness of their own mortality by developing a cultural worldview that provides an explanation of the nature of reality and the individual's place in it, and by living up to the standards and values of their culture. Through this process, individuals can feel that they are part of something larger and more enduring than themselves, which provides a sense of symbolic immortality. TMT also proposes that reminders of mortality or mortality salience increases the need to preserve cultural worldviews and to maintain self-esteem to cope with anxiety.

________ Theory States That People Deal with Their Anxiety Over