Terror Management Theory: Amanda And Meagan

Terror Management Theory Amanda and Meagan have been friends since they were 5 years old. They are neighbors and they also attend the same school. They are both the only child in their families, but Amanda and Meagan have created a bond as if they were sisters. They spend most of the time together writing down ideas of things they want to do. One day, after school they got together in Amanda’s play house and took out a pencil and paper and started writing down things they will like to accomplish together. Some of the things they wrote on their list were: getting on the roller coasters full of thrill, bungie jumping, sky diving and car racing. One thing they had in common was the feeling of doing things that consist of full adrenaline. As the years went by, their friendship became stronger. Together they have created many memories full of adventures which they will remember. By the age of 16 they had already accomplished many of those things they had wrote down on their to-do list. The weekend was approaching and Amanda noticed that a carnival with rides was going to take place. That afternoon she called Meagan and asked her what her plans were for the weekend. Since she didn’t have anything for that weekend, they agreed and …show more content…
Many of the studies shows different factors like having anxiety, having disgust to dead body and psychological self-Defense. One of the factor is the anxiety of death that lead them to become fearful of not finishing what they have plans in life. According to Greenberg, Solomon, & Pyszczynski, Terror Management Theory posits that to manage the anxiety born from the awareness of their mortality, people strive for value and meaning in the context of their worldviews. (Greenberg, Solomon, & Pyszczynski, 1997). Many times, fear is developed from what we know is right or wrong, in were our morals and value come to play a big factor of