Evidence
for terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview.
«Once your self - esteem is secured, you no longer need to satisfy the need
for terror management by killing animals.»
Not exact matches
Social psychologists built
terror -
management theory on Becker's insights: «The basic motivation
for human behavior is our biological need to control our basic anxiety, to deny the
terror of death.»
The following three questions, based on the analogy above, illustrates the difference between respect
for human rights and the
management of
terror.
«
Terror management theory talks about striving
for self - esteem and why we want to accomplish things in our lives and be successful,» said UA psychology doctoral student Uri Lifshin, co-lead investigator of the research.
Lifshin and his colleagues conducted a series of experiments based on their existing work on
terror management theory — the idea that humans» awareness of their own mortality is a strong motivator
for behaviors that may help quell the fear of death.
Tchernobyl is mainly caused by the encounter of stalinian lack of respect
for security, with modern «
management by profitability»... after decennies of pure soviet
management, the mix of
management pressure with soviet
terror, cooked with economic weakness lead to the drama... then soviet hiding, occidental cowardness, NGO fear mongering, crony capitalism son of Washington Consensus, finish the dirty job... and most of the dead and poor are not linked to radioactivity, but to crony capitalism and fear mongers.
Strivings
for romantic intimacy following partner complaint or partner criticism: A
terror management perspective.
The causes and consequences of the need
for self - esteem: A
terror management theory.