PSYC 3570 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sigmund Freud, Terror Management Theory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
8 Apr 2013
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Psyc 3570 death & dying: chapter 1. Viewed death as a community event; losing a tribe member seriously weakened the tribe as a whole in terms of maintaining strength against nature. Rituals were considered protection from the gods and unforeseen natural disasters. Christians who passed away were called peaceful sleepers . Death became most intense concern as people began acknowledging themselves as individuals which increased their vulnerability (the quality of life improving). The ave maria was a prayer for a good death. Changes in burial practices body and face concealed and therefore, taken out of nature. Death became entwined with violence and sexuality (strange, alien & perverted) Technological advances and growing importance of family and privacy (vs. tribes) Death then revisioned as a guilt-free process after the dismissal of purgatory (hell), and also viewed as the reunion with loved ones (heaven).
