Jeff Greenberg is a

social psychology Social psychology is the methodical study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Although studying many of the same substantive topics as its counterpart in the field ...

professor at the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...

. He is notable for coining the concept of

Terror Management Theory Terror management theory (TMT) is both a social psychology, social and evolutionary psychology theory originally proposed by Jeff Greenberg (professor), Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, and Tom Pyszczynski and codified in their book ''The Worm at ...

, with two of his colleagues, Sheldon Solomon and

Tom Pyszczynski Thomas A. Pyszczynski () (born 1954) is an American social psychologist. He is notable, together with Jeff Greenberg and Sheldon Solomon, for founding the field of terror management theory (TMT) in 1986. References External linksTom Pyszczynsk ...

. Jeff Greenberg is also featured in the 2003 documentary ''Flight From Death'', a film that investigates the relationship of human violence to fear of death, as related to subconscious influences.

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