Social - Key question Flashcards
(18 cards)
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Key question
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- how can knowledge of social psychology be used to reduce conflict in situations such as rioting and crowd behaviour
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rioting behaviour
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- a form of civil disorder
- commonly characterised by group lashing out in a violent, public disturbance
3
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example of rioting behaviour
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destructing a property
4
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football hooliganism
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- rivarly between 2 teams spills into violence after a match
- teams wear colours to identify them on the pitch = supporters wear same colours
- making 2 groups easily identifiable
5
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when do protests cause conflict
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- if they involve violence
- repression by authorities
6
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example of a protest which has caused conflict
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- US protests against police brutality
- George Floyd
- Black lives matter
7
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Negative impacts of rioting behaviour
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- fear
- reduced community engagement
- reduced trust in authority
8
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negative impact of football hooliganism
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- physical harm
- increased policing costs
- negative public perception
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negative impacts of where protests cause conflict
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- divide communities
- leave resisdents fearful
- ## financial costs to homeowners and businesses
10
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why does society wish to control crowd behaviour
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- causes violence
- turns into a riot easily
- costly for society to control
11
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Social identity theory
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- ingroup = more favourable towards your own football team - thinks they’re superior
- buy merch, kits to identify with their team
- chants build self esteem = social comparison
- show bias towards the outgroup
- prejudice and violence can occur
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Realistic conflict theory
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- zero sums fate = only 1 team can win championship requiring the other teams to lose = competition
- superordinate goals such as soccer aid allows footballers and supporters to work together / support the same thing
- rioting behaviour = looting shops/ stealing goods = competition for resources in times of economic/social hardship
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social impact theory
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- increase number of security at football matches = increased strength
- have security in the stands within close proximity
- increase strength by wearing a uniform / to control rioting behaviour
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Jane Elliot Brown eyes blue eyes
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- having clear differences between 2 groups is enough to cause conflict
- Jane Elliot divided her class into blue eyes on day 1 - they felt superior as they got to undo their top button, etc
- started conflict with brown eyes
- day 2 - brown eyed people told they were better which boosted their self esteem - making them feel better than the outgroup (blue eyes)
- causing conflict
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Sherif et al
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- in situations where there is competition
- between eagles and rattlers
- conflict arises as 1 team must lose in order for the other to win = zero sums fate
- eagles burnt down rattler flag
- name calling ‘stinkers’
- violence can occur in situations of competition - football matches
- but superoridnate goals, e.g piling resources together to be able to watch a film / soccer aid
- reduces tension and improves outgroup relations
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Levine et al
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- experiment on football supporters
- fans invited to selected part of a university
- they watched a stranger fall and injure themselves
- In 1 condition the stranger wore a Man U shirt matching the ppts club
- in another condition the stranger wore a Liverpool shirt (rival team)
- 92% helped the Man U fan
- 30% helped Liverpool fan
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why may superordinate goals not work
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- if 1 group feels they are doing more in contribution towards the goal than the other
- if it is a deep rooted rivalry, short term cooperation may not be sufficient
18
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How good is the research
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- Sherif and Elliot = both have ecological validity
- Both only study children (age 11 for Sheriff and 3rd graders for Elliot) of a specific age range = not generalisable
