A consultant was hired to study coal miners' occupational safety hazards and motivation to engage in safety behaviors. When the consultant asked the miners why they refused to practice safe work behaviors (such as wearing a helmet), they replied, "When it's your time to go, it's your time to go." The coal miners exhibited:

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Abigayle Cherry

3 June, 07:03

A consultant was hired to study coal miners' occupational safety hazards and motivation to engage in safety behaviors. When the consultant asked the miners why they refused to practice safe work behaviors (such as wearing a helmet), they replied, "When it's your time to go, it's your time to go." The coal miners exhibited:

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Darrell Hanna · Answer 1

The answer is fatalism.

Explanation:

Fatalism refers to the belief that all events are subjugated to destiny. That means people lack any power to influence the future, and people under this mindset usually show resignation over events they consider as "inevitable".

It is very similar to determinism, with the difference being that determinists think the future is the result of causality (i. e. a chain of consequential actions); fatalism, on the other hand, implies the existence of something or someone pulling the strings, rendering the future unpredictable.