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

合作研究：与死亡相关的想法的情感、认知和社会后果

• 批准号: 9731626
• 负责人: Thomas Pyszczynski
• 金额: $ 28.66万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9731626&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Affective; Cognitive; Social

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.

将进行一系列实验，以探索先前恐怖管理研究中所展示的与死亡相关的思维的影响背后的心理过程。拟议的研究将：(A)探索内隐情感(即，在没有直接的主观情绪体验的情况下，与情感相关的认知结构的激活)在调节死亡相关思维对社会行为的影响方面的作用；(B)探索死亡相关思维对新信息和经验与现有心理结构创造性整合的影响，重点是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；以及(C)调查少数群体成员和与主流文化疏远的人防御死亡相关思维的其他方式。这项研究对于理解无意识的心理防御、刻板印象、个体自我概念的变化和成长、少数群体与主流文化的疏离以及与帮派等越轨群体的联系具有重要的意义。