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Social and evolutionary psychology theory
Terror management theory (TMT) is a theory in social and evolutionary psychology which proposes a basic psychological conflict stemming from two competing
Terror_management_theory
Awareness about death
defer it indefinitely are ultimately futile. The term derives from terror management theory, which proposes the so-called mortality salience hypothesis: mortality
Mortality_salience
Fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society
blocks", its origins and construction. A worldview, according to terror management theory (TMT), serves as a buffer against death anxiety. It is theorized
Worldview
Anxiety caused by thoughts of death
these, Ernest Becker developed what is called "terror management theory". According to terror management theory, humans are aware of their own mortality which
Death_anxiety
Personality trait of negativity
correlates with unplanned and adolescent pregnancies. According to terror management theory (TMT) neuroticism is primarily caused by insufficient anxiety buffers
Neuroticism
Increased generosity following existential dread
transcendence beyond the concept of death. Corresponding to the terror management theory, the Scrooge effect proposes that existential apprehension can
Scrooge_effect
In psychology
people from potential fear that arises from the prospect of death (terror management theory). Motivating individuals towards their goals, high self-esteem
Self-esteem_functions
American cultural anthropologist, author (1924–1974)
significant impact on social psychology and the psychology of religion. Terror management theory, an important research programme in social psychology that has
Ernest_Becker
Unpleasant emotion experienced when behavioral freedom is threatened
manifest itself. Reactance theory aims to understand motive behind behaviors when freedom is threatened or eliminated. In this theory, with the removal of freedom
Reactance_(psychology)
1973 book by Ernest Becker
death. It is the main work responsible for the development of terror management theory, which provides empirical support for Becker's ideas. Preface Chapter
The_Denial_of_Death
Psychological theory of how thought can arise in two different ways
Greenberg, & Solomon, the dual process model, in relation to terror management theory, identifies two systems by which the brain manages fear of death:
Dual_process_theory
Psychological model related to fear
describes self-preservation and processing of fear is terror management theory. Protection motivation theory was developed by R.W. Rogers in 1975 in order to
Protection_motivation_theory
systems are legitimate and just. Terror management theory – suggests that human mortality causes existential dread and terror, and that much of human behavior
List of social psychology theories
List_of_social_psychology_theories
Cognitive bias about one's own skill
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Dunning–Kruger_effect
American social psychologist
Solomon is best known for developing terror management theory, along with Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski. This theory is concerned with how humans deal
Sheldon_Solomon
View that life and existence are of negative value
of art that can be aesthetically appreciated from a distance. Terror management theory (TMT) postulates that awareness of mortality leads to existential
Philosophical_pessimism
American social psychologist
founding the field of terror management theory (TMT) in 1986. "Pyszczynski, Tom". Retrieved 2025-03-05. "Terror Management Theory". tmt.missouri.edu. Retrieved
Tom_Pyszczynski
Theory in social psychology
Since then, this theory has been widely researched and has since connected to other psychological theories such as terror management theory. According to
Shattered_assumptions_theory
Application of terror management theory
Anxiety buffer disruption theory (ABDT) is an application of terror management theory to explain an individual's reaction to a traumatic event, which
Anxiety buffer disruption theory
Anxiety_buffer_disruption_theory
Topics referred to by the same term
Tandem mass tag, a chemical label Temporal motivation theory, in psychology Terror management theory, in psychology Thermo-mechanical treatment, a metallurgical
TMT
Philosophy dealing with absurdity of existence
existentialist psychology and shares many of the fundamental tenets. Terror management theory, based on the writings of Ernest Becker and Otto Rank, is a developing
Existentialism
Child-god who is forever young, in mythology and as an archetype
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Puer_aeternus
Type of relationship
In psychology, codependency is a theory that attempts to explain imbalanced relationships where one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior
Codependency
Value judgment that procreation is unethical
to the similarity between Zapffe's philosophy and terror management theory. Terror management theory argues that humans are equipped with unique cognitive
Antinatalism
Theory of developmental psychology
The United States and the Middle East". International Journal of Management Theory and Practices. 3 (1): 35–53. Monnot, M. J.; Beehr, T. A. (2022). "The
Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs
2003 TV series or program
psychologists, who conduct research in support of what they call terror management theory (terror in this case not being terrorism, but rather emotional and
Flight_from_Death
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List of branches of psychology
List_of_branches_of_psychology
Theory of perception
psychology, gestaltism, or configurationism is a school of psychology, and a theory of perception, that emphasizes psychologically processing entire patterns
Gestalt_psychology
Social behavior and norms of a society
beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time." Terror management theory posits that culture is a series of activities and worldviews that
Culture
Interpretation of sensory information
goes on. This social constructionist theory thus allows for a needful evolutionary adjustment. A mathematical theory of perception-in-action has been devised
Perception
Psychological characteristics of an individual
Although there is no consensus on the definition of personality, most theories in personality focus on traits, motivation, skills, and identity. Research
Personality
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List_of_psychological_effects
Intersection of work and personal life
Movahedi, B. (2014). "Developments in theories and measures of work–family". Contemporary Research on Organization Management and Administration. 2: 6–19. Kossek
Work–life_balance
Tendency to repeat a traumatic event
Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, Basic Books. Edward Bibring (1943). "The Conception of the Repetition Compulsion"
Repetition_compulsion
Ability to perceive, infer, retain or apply information
strongly linked to the metaphysical and cosmological theories of teleological scholasticism, including theories of the immortality of the soul, and the concept
Intelligence
Complete loss of subjective self-identity
seconds… I stopped practicing… and ran down the hill praying hard that this terror would leave me…. The ego, goes into a mortal fear when the false reality
Ego_death
Psychological disorder of morality
scrupulosity as opposed to other manifestations of OCD is uncertain. Terror management theory (TMT) views religion as having a coping role for the inevitability
Scrupulosity
Study of mental functions and behaviors
diseases, investigated the causes of dreams and insomnia, and advanced a theory of hemispheric lateralization in brain function. Influenced by Hinduism
Psychology
Artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death
decay Mortality salience Sic transit gloria mundi Tempus fugit Terror management theory Ubi sunt Vanitas YOLO (aphorism) Campbell, Lorne. Van der Weyden
Memento_mori
Totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious
motion, it needs an explanatory principle for bodily motion. Aristotle's theory of the "three souls (psyches)" (vegetal, animal, and rational) would rule
Psyche_(psychology)
Macro theory of human motivation and personality
Self-determination theory (SDT) is a macro theory of human motivation and personality regarding individuals' innate tendencies toward growth and innate
Self-determination_theory
Personality trait of highly sensitive persons
influences. However, the differential susceptibility theory (DST) and biological sensitivity to context theory (BSCT) and sensory processing sensitivity (SPS)
Sensory processing sensitivity
Sensory_processing_sensitivity
Set of beliefs or values
just world theory as a sole explanation of ideology is that it does not explain the differences between ideologies. Terror management theory posits that
Ideology
Hospital in Maghull, England
from a day rehabilitation trip in protest against his treatment and the management of the Personality Disorder Unit. He made multiple allegations including
Ashworth_Hospital
Cognitive bias
ISSN 0167-8116. Bandura, Albert (1977). "Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change". Psychological Review. 84 (2): 191–215. doi:10.1037/0033-295X
IKEA_effect
Topics referred to by the same term
or saliency may refer to: Mortality salience, a product of the terror management theory in social psychology Motivational salience, a motivational "wanting"
Salience
Intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety, or inner turmoil
movement in German literature and music Terror management theory – Social and evolutionary psychology theory Weltschmerz – German word for deep sadness
Angst
Delusion in which one believes their life is a staged reality TV show
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Truman_Show_delusion
Instinctual seeking of pleasure
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Pleasure principle (psychology)
Pleasure_principle_(psychology)
Abnormal fear of growing older
pitched indicating his efforts to regress to a prepubescent state. Terror management theory is believed to be a potential explanation for gerascophobia and
Gerascophobia
Jungian concept of the meaningfulness of acausal coincidences
mind, although it can become harmful within psychosis. Jung developed the theory as a hypothetical noncausal principle serving as the intersubjective or
Synchronicity
21-question multiple-choice self-report inventory
Beck began studying depression in the 1950s, the prevailing psychoanalytic theory attributed the syndrome to inverted hostility against the self.' By contrast
Beck_Depression_Inventory
Personal fixation
encountered... — Abraham B. Yehoshua, Mr. Mani and in the account of the war on terror by George Bush's counter-terrorism chief Richard A. Clarke: Iraq was portrayed
Idée_fixe_(psychology)
Developmental process for adolescents to become independent
have disputed the universality of the phenomenon. According to Terror Management Theory, the child's allegiance to parental authority and worldviews can
Teenage_rebellion
Mental phenomenon of holding contradictory beliefs
91.2.527. PMID 12416847. Zillman D (2000). "Mood Management in the Context of Selective Exposure Theory". Annals of the International Communication Association
Cognitive_dissonance
Person or character who combats adversity
motivations, namely death, may help to bring about a better world. Terror Management Theory (TMT) has generated evidence supporting this perspective. Examining
Hero
Form of cognitive bias relating to currency
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Denomination_effect
2009 book by Iain McGilchrist
Philosophy of mind Sociocultural evolution Bicameral mentality: A related theory by Julian Jaynes based in communication between the brain hemispheres The
The_Master_and_His_Emissary
American male guitarist
with keyboardist Diego Tejeida and released their debut album Terror Management Theory. Afterthought (Feb. 18, 2013; self-released) The Great Unknown
Eric_Gillette
Phenomenon related to one's death date
and offers an occasion to look back on life. According to the terror management theory, this causes stress, which can accelerate death. The uneven mortality
Birthday_effect
American historian
Waseda dissertation employs a methodological framework based on Terror Management Theory to analyze the evolution of kamikaze ideology during Japan's Imperial
M._G._Sheftall
Psychotherapeutic method
Viktor E. (1975). "Paradoxical intention and dereflection". Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice. 12 (3): 226–237. doi:10.1037/h0086434. CHESSON, A
Paradoxical_intention
Study of religious belief using evolutionary psychology principles
cognitive abilities to meet basic needs like nutrition and mates, Terror Management Theory argues that this happened before they had reached the point where
Evolutionary psychology of religion
Evolutionary_psychology_of_religion
Type of psychological therapy
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Cognitive_restructuring
Quality related to inquisitive thinking
"Social curiosity as a way to overcome death anxiety: perspective of terror management theory". Heliyon. 6 (3) e03556. Bibcode:2020Heliy...603556F. doi:10.1016/j
Curiosity
Child psychology test
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Children's Depression Inventory
Children's_Depression_Inventory
Personality model consisting of five broad dimensions
Goal orientation Moral foundations theory Myers–Briggs Type Indicator Personality psychology Szondi test Trait theory Attributed to multiple sources: Roccas
Big_Five_personality_traits
Understanding that objects exist when unobserved
concept, objects would have no separate, permanent existence. In Piaget's theory of cognitive development, infants develop this understanding by the end
Object_permanence
Psychotherapeutic approach
outlines how his theories helped him to survive his Holocaust experience and how that experience further developed and reinforced his theories. Presently,
Logotherapy
Strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people
and in the modern day, relationship counselors. Theories of love include Sternberg's triangular theory of love and biology of romantic love. Sternberg
Interpersonal_relationship
Approach to the study of human personality
In psychology, trait theory (also called dispositional theory) is an approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists are primarily interested
Trait_theory
Feeling of intense or growing anger
Coleman and Ka-Ying Hui (2012) stated that "according to the Terror Management Theory, a religious concept of an afterlife helps people manage their
Rage_(emotion)
Form of speech or writing that uses psychological jargon in a misleading way
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Psychobabble
End of an organism's life
L, Greenberg J, Pyszczynski T, Solomon S, McGregor H (1997). "Terror management theory and self-esteem: Evidence that increased self-esteem reduced mortality
Death
Sociopsychological phenomenon
helping behaviour. Diffusion of responsibility can be formalized using game theory as a free-rider problem or as a volunteer's dilemma using a coordination
Diffusion_of_responsibility
Practice in positive psychology
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Gratitude_journal
University of Arizona. He is notable for coining the concept of Terror Management Theory, with two of his colleagues, Sheldon Solomon and Tom Pyszczynski
Jeff_Greenberg_(professor)
Medical condition
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Borderline intellectual functioning
Borderline_intellectual_functioning
Systematic approach to understanding the behavior of humans and other animals
of the late 20th century largely replaced behaviorism as an explanatory theory with cognitive psychology, which, unlike behaviorism, views internal mental
Behaviorism
Theoretical framework for understanding the mind
experiences. Cognitive theory mainly stresses the acquisition of knowledge and growth of the mental structure. Cognitive theory tends to focus on conceptualizing
Cognitivism_(psychology)
Branch of psychology focused on personality
Personology: A Humanistic-Ontological Theory of the Person & Personality. Applications in Therapy, Social Work, Education, Management and Art (Theatre). Charleston
Personality_psychology
Scientific study of psychological changes in humans over the course of their lives
created a model of eight phases of psychosocial development. According to his theory, people go through different phases in their lives, each of which has its
Developmental_psychology
Video game mechanic
Rob (1 June 2017). "The culture of permadeath: Roguelikes and Terror Management Theory". Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds. 9 (2): 123–141. doi:10.1386/jgvw
Permadeath
Fully grown animal
around age 12 or 13. Phillips, D. C. (2014). Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy. SAGE Publications. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-1-4833-6475-9. Archived
Adult
2005 theoretical book by Joy DeGruy Leary
"African American Health and Posttraumatic Slave Syndrome: A Terror Management Theory Account". Journal of Black Studies. 50 (1): 45–65. doi:10.1177/0021934718803737
Post_Traumatic_Slave_Syndrome
1950s intellectual movement
science-related topics at a meeting of the 'Special Interest Group in Information Theory' at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This interdisciplinary cooperation
Cognitive_revolution
Name list
Sheldon Solomon, American social psychologist, co-developer of terror management theory Shirley Solomon, Canadian television talk show host Simeon Solomon
Solomon_(name)
Theory in psychology
Social cognitive theory (SCT), used in psychology, education, and communication, holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly
Social_cognitive_theory
Theory that life is meaningless
pessimism Self-estrangement The Stranger (novel) Theatre of the Absurd Terror management theory Use–mention distinction Gordon, Jeffrey (1984). "Nagel or Camus
Absurdism
Study of the representation of one's identity
theorists from multiple schools of thought in psychology have created theories of the self. In classical Jungian analysis, the Self (typically capitalized
Psychology_of_self
Psychological effect which occurs in groups
Subsequent research has aided the further development of the Ringelmann effect theory. Most notably, Ingham, Levinger, Graves, and Peckham (1974) discovered that
Ringelmann_effect
Ability to interpret the surrounding environment using light in the visible spectrum
propagator Aristotle (De Sensu), and his followers, this theory seems to have some contact with modern theories of what vision really is, but it remained only a
Visual_perception
Digital information about player progress
Rob (2017-06-01). "The culture of permadeath: Roguelikes and Terror Management Theory". Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds. 9 (2): 123–141. doi:10.1386/jgvw
Saved_game
Set of psychological theories
Organismic theories in psychology are a family of holistic psychological theories which tend to stress the organization, unity, and integration of human
Organismic_theory
Resistance of an immediate reward in return for a greater reward later
hyperactivity disorder and depression. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalytic theory, discussed the ego's role in balancing the immediate pleasure-driven desires
Delayed_gratification
Generalized neurodevelopmental disorder
epilepsy affects about half of individuals with profound ID. Proper epilepsy management is particularly crucial in this population, as individuals are at increased
Intellectual_disability
Intelligence test
Wonderlic Personnel Test introduced new forms using computerized item response theory scoring designed to produce comparable scores across different versions
Wonderlic_test
Sports term
psychologist, Yuri L. Hanin, developed the Zone of Optimal Functioning theory, which states, ″In order for an athlete to perform to their highest capability
Clutch_(sports)
Study of emotion or feeling of emotion
experimental, psychophysiological, neural, and genetic methods to test theory about psychological mechanisms underlying human behavior. Topics include
Affective_science
Application of respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior
animal behavior, substance abuse, organizational behavior management, behavior management in classrooms, and acceptance and commitment therapy. ABA is
Applied_behavior_analysis
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