Berger Ch. 2 - "What Is Extremism?"

Question 1

Social Identity Theory

Answer 1

people categorize themselves and others as members of competing social groups

Question 2

In-Group

Answer 2

group of people who share an identity, could be religious, racial, or national; the “us” in “us vs. them”

Question 3

Out-Group

Answer 3

a group of people excluded from a specific in-group; the “them”

Question 4

Identity

Answer 4

a set of qualities that are understood to make a person or group distinct from other persons or groups

Question 5

Identity Collective

Answer 5

a group of people who are defined by nation, religion, race, or some other shared interest, trait, or concern

Question 6

Categorization

Answer 6

the act of understanding yourself to be part of an in-group and determining whether others are apart of your in-group or your out-group

Question 7

Social Identification

Answer 7

an act of self-categorization in which an individual decides that he or she is part of an in-group

Question 7

Legitimacy

Answer 7

the belief that an identity collective has a right to exist and may be rightfully defined, maintained, and protected

Question 7

Extremist Ideology

Answer 7

a written text describing who is part of the in-group, the out-group, and how the in-group should interact with the out-group

Question 8

Extremism

Answer 8

the belief that an in-group’s success or survival can never be separated from the need for hostile action against an out-group

Question 9

Violent Extremism

Answer 9

the belief that an in-group’s success or survival can never be separated from the need for violent action against an out-group

Question 10

Radicalization into extremism

Answer 10

the escalation of an in-group’s extremist orientation in the form of increasingly negative views about an out-group or the endorsement of increasingly hostile/violent actions against out-group