Collaborative Research: Affective, Cognitive and Social Consequences of Death-Related Thought

一系列的实验将进行探索的心理过程的影响，死亡相关的思想表明，在以前的恐怖管理研究。拟议的研究将：（a）探讨内隐情感的作用（即，与情感相关的认知结构的激活，而没有直接的主观情感体验）在介导死亡相关思想对社会行为的影响中，（B）探索死亡相关思想对创造性整合的影响新信息和经验与现有的心理结构，强调这些过程在社会刻板印象和自我概念的稳定和变化中的作用，及（c）研究少数群体成员及与主流文化疏离的人士可采用其他方法，以抵御与死亡有关的思想。这项研究对于理解无意识的心理防御、刻板印象、个人自我概念的变化和成长、少数民族与主流文化的疏远以及与帮派等越轨亚群体的联系具有重要意义。

A series of experiments will be conducted to explore the psychological processes underlying the effects of death-related thought demonstrated in previous terror management research. The proposed research will: (a) explore the role of implicit affect (i.e., the activation of cognitive structures associated with affect without the direct subjective experience of emotion) in mediating the effects of death-related thought on social behavior, (b) explore the effect of death-related thought on the creative integration of new information and experience with existing psychological structures, with emphasis on the role of these processes in the stability and change of social stereotypes and self-concepts, and (c) investigate alternative ways in which members of minority groups and people alienated from the mainstream culture defend against death-related thoughts. The proposed research has important implications for understanding unconscious psychological defense, stereotyping, change and growth in the individual self-concept, minority alienation with the mainstream culture, and affiliation with deviant subgroups, such as gangs.