AI Flashcards Lecture 2
What are the ‘layers’ of collective violence?
Individual, Intra-group, and Inter-group.
What is the individual layer of collective violence concerned with?
Why an individual joins a violent group.
What is the intra-group layer of collective violence concerned with?
Processes within the group that contribute to CV.
What is the inter-group layer of collective violence concerned with?
Dynamics between groups that contribute to CV.
What are some of the ‘perks’ of violence?
Violence is intense (adrenaline rush), risky, facilitates bonding, can be a mechanism of power/control, generates fear in others, and is gendered.
What is a key concept relating to why people join violent groups?
Violent groups are a particularly powerful way to meet needs and fulfil motivations.
Name a theory that can help explain why people join violent groups.
Significance quest theory.
What is the ‘burden of insignificance’?
The idea that a lack of significance can lead to negative outcomes such as suicide and substance abuse. This is often linked to a lack of opportunities.
According to significance quest theory, what is the first premise relating to why people join groups?
Humans have a basic need to have social worth and to matter to others. This is called the need for significance.
According to significance quest theory, what is the second premise relating to why people join groups?
The need for significance is satisfied by realising, or matching, a value cherished by the community/culture whose standards one internalized.
According to significance quest theory, what is the third premise relating to why people join groups?
Different groups may cherish different values (although some values, such as the group’s survival and security, may be common across groups).
According to significance quest theory, what is the fourth premise relating to why people join groups?
The need for significance may be gratified via different behaviours matching/expressing different cherished values and/or by different (equifinal) behaviours matching/expressing the same cherished value.
Why might someone join a (violent) group for superiority?
To achieve intergroup superiority.
In the context of joining violent groups, what is planned violence?
‘Battles’ that focus on reputation, honour, and ‘rules’ about how to obtain them. The fight must be ‘fair’ and groups may keep a league table.
What did an experimental study by Orehek & Kruglanski (2018) find?
Participants who experienced failure valued interdependence and social relationships more than those who experienced success. This suggests that people who experience failure may be more likely to seek out belonging in groups.
