Unit 5: Violence & Solidarity Flashcards
(20 cards)
What are 5 factors increasing violent crime?
Heat (temp)
Weapon availability
Income inequality
Subcultural violence
Media
What is the nordic paradox?
Gender violence is higher i countried where women are more liberated (norway etc)
What are 3 factors that increase gender violence?
Machismo (Traditional power division in family)
Culture of honor (men with a violent social roles)
Alcohol consumption
What is a culture of honor? how does it impact IPV
This is a society that is accepting of violence as a response to threat.
Violence is a central part of male roles
Increases IPV
Why does alcohol increase IPV
because it reduces inhibitions
what are the 3 main causes of social unrest/riots?
Relative deprivation
Deindividuation
Retaliation
What is relative deprivation? how does it impact social unrest
It is when certain groups in a society have unjust living conditions
They experience systemic frustration
this triggers collective violence
what is deindividuation and how does it related to social unrest?
When people are in anonymous conditions
Leads to increased likelihood of violence in a crowd
Why does deindividuation increase violence in a crowd?
Because there is a reduced fear of having individual accountability/punishment
How does retaliation relate to social unrest?
Previous aggressive acts from another person/group is one of the main antecedent of aggression
What are the 3 main causes of institutional violence
Intergroup situations
dehumanization
agentic states
explain intergroup situations as a cause of institutional violence
When the outgroup are not seen or known, collective violence is easier
Explain dehumanization as a cause of institutional violence
when the outgroup are dehumanized it legitamizes war/genocide
explain the agentic state as a cause of institutional violence
being a member of a hierarchal organization reduces the individual sense of moral responsibility
This increase violence
what is an emergency
ambiguous, unusual & fast paced
what is the bystander calculus model explaining
the cognitive & physiological processes that occur when an individual is faced with an emergency & they need to decide whether to help
what are the 3 steps of helping behavior according to the bystander calculus model?
physiological arousal
arousal labelling
calculating costs (cost vs benefit)
According to the bystander calculus model, what is helping behaviour motivated by?
Self -interest: avoiding empathy costs & personal costs tat they would encounter if they decided to not help
what is the bystander effect model?
A model stating that people are less likle yot intervene when others are present.
The bystander effect occurs because individuals tend to assume that someone else will intervene, and therefore, they do not feel personally responsible for helping.
what are the 3 potential motives for the bystander effect?
Responsibility diffusion
Audience inhibition (pluralistic ignorance)
Social influence
