GENOCIDE

Social Cognition

blame victim

fundamental attribution error (correspondance bias)

difficult life conditions

'in'/'out' groups, eg: Hutu's vs Tutsi's, social uncertainty, devaluation, identity, social identity theory, destructive ideologies, stereotypes

confirmation bias

heuristics

illusory correlations

belief perseverance

eg: PM's plane shot down

social categorisation theory

Social Influence

obedience to authority ( Milgrim)

eg: Rwandan's "culture of obedience"

conformity (Asch)

propaganda

eg: hate radio station telling Hutu's to kill Tutsi's

eg: Hutu's told that Tutsi's were not originally from Rwanda

social roles

social norms

bystander apathy/intervention

eg: USA/Western countries

eg: USA had "no incentive to intervene"

Social Relations

prejudice

aggression (displaced), scapegoat theory, realistic conflict theory, eg: Nyarubuye church massacre

altruism

ethnocentrism

intergroup hostility

economic factors

cultural history

situational factors

destabilising crisis

authoritarian leaders

eg: extremist Hutu PM