Why We Fear Death: Terror Management Theory Explained

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   2 corrections applied: The Amboseli elephant researcher is Cynthia Moss, not Dorothy Moss. | The judges' bond-setting study ($455 vs $50) is from Rosenblatt et al. (1989) 'Evidence for TMT I', not the 1990 TMT II paper.

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   Dorothy Moss's elephant research at Amboseli documented similar behavior in African elephant families... Greenberg, Pyszczynski, Solomon, Rosenblatt, Veeder, Kirkland, and Lyon's 1990 paper presented the first systematic evidence: municipal court judges set higher bail/bond amounts after mortality salience.

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   Cynthia Moss's elephant research at Amboseli documented similar behavior in African elephant families... Rosenblatt, Greenberg, Solomon, Pyszczynski, and Lyon's 1989 paper in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology -- one of the foundational TMT publications -- presented the first systematic evidence: municipal court judges set higher bail/bond amounts after mortality salience.

   Why: Content already correctly fixed on the page (verified: 'Cynthia Moss' and 'Rosenblatt, Greenberg, Solomon, Pyszczynski, and Lyon's 1989 paper' both present, matching the correct TMT I paper). The FAQ field also already correctly said 'Cynthia Moss' (checked, no stale 'Dorothy Moss' anywhere). Backfilling before/after for the record.

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