key question

Question 1

What is our social key question?

Answer 1

Can knowledge of social psychology be used to decrease football related violence in society?

Question 2

describe the issue of our social key question (ao1)

Answer 2

• Football hooliganism relates to crowd behaviour that is negative and can cause violence.
• The rivalry between fans can be seen before/after matches outside stadiums as supporters wear their team’s colours making themselves identifiable.
• Psychology can be used to explain why this happens and overcome it.
• An example: is violence between England fans and spanish police. Violence between England and Russian fans.

Question 3

(AO1) Prejudice causing football violence is a problem for society because…

social key question

Answer 3

• Cost of policing to prevent and control violence between fans is high
• It is an embarrassment for countries - england fans have a particularly negative reputation
• Negative stereotypes are formed of all football fans, this can lead to further prejudice and discrimination

Question 4

(AO1) Prejudice causing football violence is a problem for individuals because…

Answer 4

• People can become injured or worse
• Criminal behaviour can lead to prosecution
• Fans can be banned from spectating
• Strategies to manage football violence affect all fans - e.g. starting games earlier

Question 5

Use psychological knowledge to explain why football violence is happening & how it can be overcome (ao2)

Answer 5

Football supporters are members of a group for more solid reasons than members in tajfel’s study. Fans categorise themselves into a football supporter group and identify with them by wearing team colours/shirts/flags. The ingroup will be prejudiced toward the ougroup by singing chants, insulting them, and showing verbal/non-verbal negative gestures towards the other group. Discrimination and prejudice can occur.

Social identity theory can be used to overcome prejudice by working towards a common goal like a charity match/event

Question 6

social key question - ao3 strength

Answer 6

P - A strength is that there is supporting evidence behind the theory.

E - Tajfel’s minimal group’s study found that boys would rather maximise the difference in points in favour of their group (7:1) rather than maximise joint profits (19:25).

T - Therefore explaining and reducing football hooliganism is based on valid theories.

Question 7

social key question - ao3 weakness

Answer 7

P: However, a weakness of using social psychology to decrease football related violence is that the theories ignore the role of personality

E: For example, Cohrs et al found that RWA is positively correlated with generalise prejudice.

T: This theory suggests that everyone is influenced by situational factors, therefore ignoring individual differences that can affect prejudice and discrimination