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