In the Wake of 9-11: The Psychology of Terror

By T. Pyszczynski, S. Solomon, J. Greenberg. 2003

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Death Contemplation, Growth, and Defense: Converging Evidence of Dual-Existential Systems? (2006, background): “…the attacks on New York City and Washington DC generates support for President Bush, for his administration and its counterterrorism policies, and for charismatic political leaders in general (Cohen, Solomon, Maxfield, Pyszczynski, & Greenberg, 2004; Landau et al., 2004; Pyszczynski et al., 2002).”
Religious Fundamentalism and Terror Management (2008, background): ““Distal” methods are automatic, uncontrolled processes that operate outside of awareness and counteract anxiety beyond the scope of conscious awareness (Pyszczynski et al., 2003).”
The Hot and Cool of Death Awareness at Work: Mortality Cues, Aging, and Self-Protective and Prosocial Motivations (2009, background): “In the face of acute cues, such as accidents, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks, employees are often overwhelmed by fear of the unknown (Pyszczynski et al., 2003).”
Two Decades of Terror Management Theory: A Meta-Analysis of Mortality Salience Research (2010, background): “To the extent that self-esteem is an anxiety buffer, high self-esteem should reduce or eliminate the need for worldview defense after MS (Pyszczynski et al., 2003); this is a component of the basic terror management formulation.”
Holy Warriors (2008, background): “A variety of research studies have shown that mortality salience generally increases identification with and pride in one’s country, religion, gender, race, etc. (for a review see Pyszczynski et al. 2002).”
Introducing Science to the Psychology of the Soul (2006, methodology): “Most of this research has used the mortality salience paradigm (Pyszczynski et al., 2003), in which some participants are reminded of their own mortality.”
Reports of My Death Anxiety Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: A Critique of Terror Management Theory from an Evolutionary Perspective (2006, background): “The authors of TMT claim that theirs is an evolutionary theory (Pyszczynski, Greenberg, & Solomon, 1997; Pyszczynski et al., 2002), but in several crucial ways it is entirely out of step with contemporary understandings of evolution by natural selection.”