GENOCIDE

1. Social Influence

1.1. obedience to authority ( Milgrim)

1.1.1. eg: Rwandan's "culture of obedience"

1.2. conformity (Asch)

1.3. propaganda

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

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

1.4. social roles

1.5. social norms

1.6. bystander apathy/intervention

1.6.1. eg: USA/Western countries

1.6.2. eg: USA had "no incentive to intervene"

2. Social Relations

2.1. prejudice

2.1.1. aggression (displaced)

2.1.1.1. scapegoat theory

2.1.1.2. realistic conflict theory

2.1.1.3. eg: Nyarubuye church massacre

2.1.2. altruism

2.1.3. ethnocentrism

2.1.4. intergroup hostility

3. Social Cognition

3.1. blame victim

3.2. fundamental attribution error (correspondance bias)

3.3. difficult life conditions

3.3.1. 'in'/'out' groups

3.3.1.1. eg: Hutu's vs Tutsi's

3.3.1.2. social uncertainty

3.3.1.3. devaluation

3.3.1.4. identity

3.3.1.4.1. social identity theory

3.3.1.5. destructive ideologies

3.3.1.6. stereotypes

3.4. confirmation bias

3.5. heuristics

3.6. illusory correlations

3.6.1. belief perseverance

3.6.2. eg: PM's plane shot down

3.7. social categorisation theory

4. economic factors

5. cultural history

6. situational factors

6.1. destabilising crisis

6.2. authoritarian leaders

6.2.1. eg: extremist Hutu PM

7. political influences