Most research done
on terror management theory revolves around the mortality salience paradigm.
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.
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.
Questions - rental homes shortage, Pakistan and war
on terror, UK Border Agency
management of foreign prisoners Debate - frontline nursing care Debate - international development policy Debate - report of select committee
on HIV and Aids in UK
Several federal offices were located in the Twin Towers before the
terror attacks, and have since returned to the new One World Trade: Customs and Border Protection is located
on the 50th and 51st floors, the Federal Office of Emergency
Management on the 52nd and 53rd floors, and the General Services Administration
on the 54th and 55th floors.
The UA researchers» paper, «The Evil Animal: A
Terror Management Theory Perspective
on the Human Tendency to Kill Animals,» was published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
He relies
on theories such as attachment,
terror management, and conceptual metaphor, while researching topics such as condom use and sexual strategies.
Evidence for
terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience
on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview.