REL-3170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ontogeny, Terror Management Theory

• School: App State
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: REL-3170
• Professor: Ellis Thomas

Document Summary

Conspecific violence (within the species: cooperative problems, humans know, we know we die, we track time. Core proposition of the terror management theory (tmt) We are meaningful contributors: *self-esteem*- it mitigates death and anxiety. Symbolic- as long as someone remembers you when you after your death. Different cultures may be different avenues to self-esteem. The ontogeny (the study of development of an organism) there of. If we listen to our parents, then we are safe and protected: if we listen to god, we"re good. If we feel like a valuable contributor to society, then were good. If you have self-esteem, then you feel like you have control over yourself in the bigger picture . Symbols (religion) are never strong enough to override the anxieties of the body. When two cultures meet, and neither will convert, then death of the other lessens death.