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    Introduction Psych 317 As humans, we are unique from animals in many ways. We have an internal guidance system called a conscience that allows us to think and act in a way close to our deepest values. We have an independent will that does not allow genetic influences or the environment to dictate our actions. We have an infinite creative imagination that allows us to create beyond our reality but perhaps the most uniquely human endowment we all possess is self-awareness. Self-awareness

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    Terror management theory (TMT) asserts that human beings have natural tendency for self-preservation if there is threat to one’s well–being (Greenberg, Solomon, & Pyszczynski, 1997). It notes that we are the cultural animals that pose self-awareness on the concept of past and future, as well as the understanding that one day we will die. We concern about our life and death but aware that it is unexpected by everything. The worse matter is that we become aware of our vulnerability and helplessness

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    that is related to self-esteem. Basically, when faced with mortality, humans yearn to fulfill their basic needs of love, even if that means risking life itself (Orit Taubman, Ben-Ari). The studies mentioned above describe the role Terror Management Theory plays in

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    Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon, and Jeff Greenberg developed the Terror Management Theory (TMT) in 2003 to explain what happens when people are reminded of their deaths. This theory is still being investigated in current times and remains an important theory in a world full of crime and terror. Established in reference to concepts from Fromm’s theory, existential psychology, and evolutionary theory, the Terror Management theory seeks to find the reasons why threats of deaths tend

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    be something more or not? Or should you live in fear? These questions pose a theory, concept, or perspective within them. If you want to live a life like every other human being, that is conformity. To strive or not to strive depends on the kind of mindset you have – fixed or growth. Lastly, if you are living in fear, you should work on your terror management. Conformity, fixed/growth mindset, and terror management theory have impacted me in the past, and I know how it will affect me in the future

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    Terror Management Theory (TMT) was developed in 1986 by social psychologists Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, and Sheldon Solomon based upon Ernest Becker’s ideas. The terror referred to in terror management theory (TMT) is induced by the awareness of the inevitable death of the self. Terror Management Theory conveys that the anxiety caused by mortality is a major motivator behind many human behaviors and

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    Terror Management Theory applied to Ageism in Film Frida Ramirez Lone Star College – University Park Terror Management Theory applied to Ageism in Film Ageism (prejudice toward the elderly) is becoming a pressing issue as the population of adults over sixty proliferates (Levy & Macdonald, 2016, p. 5). Enforcers of ageist stereotypes include the mainstream film industry. By enforcing a negative stereotype, the media subconsciously implements fear of growing old and ultimately dying among its viewers

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    1. Five tenets of terror management theory are reminders of death, being reminded that death is possible to anyone who threatens one’s cultural norms which results in a positive interaction to those who agree with that same norms that should be held. Experiencing high self-esteem or having a feeling of being in power creates a buffer from the anxiety that typically reminds us of death and threatening stimuli. The awareness that death is inevitable is reduced when there are others that support a person’s

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    religion like Christianity, Islam and Judaism have teach resurrection in their beliefs. Therefore we humans create and support anything that makes us feel secure like myths, our religion and including our government to avoid mortality. Terror Management Theory tells us that we humans have a desire to live but we know that we our mortals, that we can die anytime anywhere .The author gives an example of a smoker

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    defense mechanisms against the terror of death both at the individual and cultural levels. “In sum, all human activities are framed by death anxiety and colored by our collective and individual efforts to resolve this inescapable and intractable existential given (Tomer, Wong,2011).” Furthermore, Tomer and Wong discuss, to achieve a complete psychology of death one must use terror management theory and growth oriented models such as self-determination theory. These two theories, help to emphasize the meaning-seeking/

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