Mgr. Lucia Majerská

Master's thesis

Terror Management Theory/Teorie zvládání strachu: ověření Mortality Salience hypotézy

Terror management theory: Mortality salience hypothesis testing
Abstract:
On the basis of Terror management theory (TMT), it was hypothesized that when mortality is made salient, individuals tend to have harsher judgments of others who violate society’s norms or decreased liking of out-group members, because of the symbolic threat posed by dissimilar others. TMT has been supported by a large number of empirical studies showing that mortality salience (MS) has increased younger …more
Abstract:
Na základe Terror management theory (TMT), sme predpokladali, že keď je jednotlivcom pripomenutá nevyhnutnosť ich smrti (Mortality Salience), inklinujú k prísnejšiemu hodnoteniu druhých, ktorí porušujú spoločenské normy alebo k menšiemu sympatizovaniu s členmi odlišnej skupiny, pretože odlišní druhí pre nich predstavujú symbolickú hrozbu. TMT bola podporená množstvom empirických štúdií, ktoré dokazujú …more
 
 
Language used: Slovak
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 5. 5. 2015

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 25. 5. 2015
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Psychology / Psychology

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