PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Terror Management Theory, Mortality Salience, Hot Sauce
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E. g. , consider evaluation of others and of self, and self-regulation, according to social standards and norms. We feel like we need to have a schedule when we wake up in the morning, whereas other animals just wake up in the morning and try to have sex. Humans are social animals and we like to be connected in some way to the social world, we like to be connected to our groups, to our relationships, etc. We have social needs to feel attached to others. Existential approach in social psychology (as humans we have concerns about ideas that influence us: human being has certain cognitive abilities. Self-awareness: we can reflect on ourselves and create elaborate symbolic thoughts about ourselves. Imagination: we can think about things that aren"t factual and that aren"t in front of us (unlimited possibilities: these raise some basic concerns or anxieties. It occurs to us that we are all going to die.
