Social Psychological Variables of Genocide by Michael Rutledge

Social Psychological Variables of Genocide

Cognitive errors/biases

Confirmation bias

Illusory correlations

Belief perserverance

Fundamental attribution error

Ultimate attribution error

Actor - observer effect

Crisis situations

Political

Economical

Can motivate genocide leaders

Innate cognitive predispositions

Cognitive miser tendency

Mental shortcuts (heuristics)

Can lead to cognitive errors/biases

'In group bias'

Cultural factors

Violence acceptable

History of conflict

Aggression as a normative problem solving method

Leadership influence

Can manipulate other variables

Pressure to conform

Eliminate opposing views

Group formation

Media influence

Spread propoganda

Enhance negative attitudes

Spread genocide leaders' messages

Promote cognitive errors/biases