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Fall 2015
Although many researchers have incorporated concepts related to the human essence in their research, there has yet been a measure to quantify the degree to which one believes that there is a human essence. In the current studies, a belief in human essentialism scale (BHES) is developed,...
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Fall 2019
Terror management theory (TMT) posits the human concept is one of value because it helps mitigate existential anxiety by denying our strictly animal, thus mortal, nature. Further, TMT argues one’s culture, a construct tied to humanness, also assists in death and creatureliness denial. Therefore,...