Sheldon Solomon | |
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| Alma mater | Franklin and Marshall College (B.A.) University of Kansas (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Terror management theory |
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| Institutions | Skidmore College |
Sheldon Solomon is an American social psychologist. He is a professor of psychology at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. Solomon is best known for developing terror management theory, along with Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski. This theory is concerned with how humans deal with their own sense of mortality.[1][2]
- ^ Solomon, Sheldon; Greenberg, Jeff; Pyszczynski, Tom (2004). Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology. The Guilford Press. ISBN 1-59385-040-9. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ Vedantam, Shankar (December 24, 2007). "Reminders of Mortality Bring Out the Charitable Side". Washington Post. p. A03. Retrieved January 18, 2008.