GENOCIDE

by graham mackay

1. Social Cognition

1.1. blame victim

1.2. fundamental attribution error (correspondance bias)

1.3. difficult life conditions

1.3.1. 'in'/'out' groups

1.3.1.1. eg: Hutu's vs Tutsi's

1.3.1.2. social uncertainty

1.3.1.3. devaluation

1.3.1.4. identity

1.3.1.4.1. social identity theory

1.3.1.5. destructive ideologies

1.3.1.6. stereotypes

1.4. confirmation bias

1.5. heuristics

1.6. illusory correlations

1.6.1. belief perseverance

1.6.2. eg: PM's plane shot down

1.7. social categorisation theory

2. Social Influence

2.1. obedience to authority ( Milgrim)

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

2.2. conformity (Asch)

2.3. propaganda

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

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

2.4. social roles

2.5. social norms

2.6. bystander apathy/intervention

2.6.1. eg: USA/Western countries

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

3. Social Relations

3.1. prejudice

3.1.1. aggression (displaced)

3.1.1.1. scapegoat theory

3.1.1.2. realistic conflict theory

3.1.1.3. eg: Nyarubuye church massacre

3.1.2. altruism

3.1.3. ethnocentrism

3.1.4. intergroup hostility

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