PSY 368 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fundamental Attribution Error, Symbolic Interactionism, Deindividuation

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 368
• Professor: Adam Lazarewicz

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Psychological factors: right-wing authoritarianism: adherence to traditional, conservative beliefs and values, henry et al. (2005), lebanese ps with high rwa scores more supportive of terrorist aggression against. U. s: low rwa scores more supportive of tough anti-terrorism policies, culture (individualism vs. collectivism, individualism: emphasis on uniqueness, independence, individuality, collectivism: emphasis on shared identity, interdependence, post et al. (2003): interviews with incarcerated middle eastern terrorists. Individuals from collectivist cultures = more likely to support attacks against foreigners: more on this in a few days . Inferring evil, devious motives to others: no empirical data yet, but such factors may play a role. No one personality variable or situation is a necessary and sufficient root cause of terrorism. Step 3: action: using violence against other groups, micro level, e. g. confrontation with death of relative/friend, e. g. Black widows in chechnya (husbands had died in conflict with russia: meso level, have members write, videotape statement of support for terrorist group, think about cognitive dissonance reduction.