1.4 Social key question

Question 1

What is your social key question?

Answer 1

How can knowledge of social psychology be used to reduce prejudice in situations such as crowd behaviour or rioting?

Question 2

What is the AO1 for your social key question?

Answer 2

COMMON TYPES OF RIOTS:

• Police riot: when the authorities use disproportionate force on civilians; this includes when the police attack peaceful protestors, causing them to fight back
• Prison riot: a concerted uprising by prisoners, either to express grievances or escape
• Race riot: a riot involving violence between two ethnic groups, usually a majority group attacking a minority
• Sports riot: a riot between fans of two teams, usually after a close defeat and almost always in the winning team’s city
• Urban riot: a riot in an inner city area, triggered by poor living conditions or unemployment
• Racist Chelsea fans, wouldn’t let Souleymane Sylla, a black man, on the train (Feb 2015 Paris)
  He was repeatedly and violently pushed off the carriage as he tried to board the train.
• Michael Brown, african-american, shot by police officer after robbery (Aug 2014 Missouri)
  Riots broke out protesting this, 150 riot police arrived with tear gas but the rioters destroyed a dozen businesses and set two on fire.
  African-Americas police officer joined riots, calmed down protest because he joined the two groups.

Do a bit more research than this…

Question 3

Answer your social key question.

Answer 3

:)

Question 4

What could be the AO2 for your social key question?

Answer 4

• SIT identity
• RCT

(look on psych wizard too)