Question: for the following article please specify the following: Of Blood and Death: A Test of Dual- Existential Systems in the Context of Prosocial Intentions Blood donation is an important expression of prosocial behavior in modern society. The extent to which thinking about death increases intentions to donate blood is the focus of the experiment reported in this article. The dual-existential-systems model (Cozzolino, 2006) explores the social-psychological outcomes of contemplating mortality. Drawing on evidence from dual-process models (Deutsch & Strack, 2006) and particularly on the differentiation between abstract and specific cognitive processes (Marsolek, 1999), Cozzolino (2006) posited that thoughts about death activate two distinct systems: the abstract existential system and the specific existential system. As the names suggest, the former system is activated by abstract thoughts about death, and the latter by specific and individuated thoughts (i.e., focusing on the circumstances surrounding death: details of how, when, and where). These two systems induce different cognitive, motivational, and behavioral outcomes. The proposal for the abstract existential system is based on terror management theory (Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986), which claims that desire for survival conflicts with awareness of death, creating the potential for overwhelming terror. To defend against this terror, individuals endorse and adhere to cultural worldviews (i.e., social beliefs or norms), which provide a sense of meaning, enhance self esteem, and buffer death anxiety. Research supporting this theory has relied on mortality-salience (MS) manipulations (e.g., asking participants to respond to two open-ended questions about death). This research has demonstrated that such exposure to abstract, subtle reminders of death (Pyszczynski, Greenberg, Solomon, Arndt, & Schimel, 2004, p. 439) motivates defensiveness and adherence to salient social norms (Gailliot, Stillman, Sc
Question: for the following article please specify the following: Of B
Question: for the following article please specify the following: Of Blood and Death: A Test of Dual- Existential Systems in the Context of Prosocial Intentions Blood donation is an important expression of prosocial behavior in modern society. The extent to which thinking about death increases intentions to donate blood is the focus of the experiment reported in this article. The dual-existential-systems model (Cozzolino, 2006) explores the social-psychological outcomes of contemplating mortality. Drawing on evidence from dual-process models (Deutsch & Strack, 2006) and particularly on the differentiation between abstract and specific cognitive processes (Marsolek, 1999), Cozzolino (2006) posited that thoughts about death activate two distinct systems: the abstract existential system and the specific existential system. As the names suggest, the former system is activated by abstract thoughts about death, and the latter by specific and individuated thoughts (i.e., focusing on the circumstances surrounding death: details of how, when, and where). These two systems induce different cognitive, motivational, and behavioral outcomes. The proposal for the abstract existential system is based on terror management theory (Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986), which claims that desire for survival conflicts with awareness of death, creating the potential for overwhelming terror. To defend against this terror, individuals endorse and adhere to cultural worldviews (i.e., social beliefs or norms), which provide a sense of meaning, enhance self esteem, and buffer death anxiety. Research supporting this theory has relied on mortality-salience (MS) manipulations (e.g., asking participants to respond to two open-ended questions about death). This research has demonstrated that such exposure to abstract, subtle reminders of death (Pyszczynski, Greenberg, Solomon, Arndt, & Schimel, 2004, p. 439) motivates defensiveness and adherence to salient social norms (Gailliot, Stillman, Sc
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