Thrill Seeking. CH.4 Flashcards
Hatemongers:
-Gives perp sense of……?
spends much of their time & energy trying to cleanse their society of “unpure” races.
-gives perp sense of power, control & dominance but at the expense of a set of victims.
-2/3 are committed b/c of thrill seeking
-young & in small groups
-following a leader (often a hatemonger)
-fears rejection from friends
-left own neighborhood looking for victim
-they don’t hate
(Following leader to do something for the thrill)
-if target is a minority it’s a hate crime
-most common type of hate crime
Dabbler
- 1/4 of hate crime
- trying to get rid of an immigrant in your town. (EX. Chinese came to the U.S. & were better fishermen then the Americans. They called the clan and got rid of Chinese)
Reactive (defensive) crimes
Offender is reacting to what he/she considers to be an intrusion; some incident triggers the expression of anger. Prejudice is hidden (like me for example. I think but don’t say unless I get very mad; triggered)
Camouflaged racism
-8% of hate crimes
-a person hears a report/rumor of a hate incident against his/her own group & takes revenge by committing a crime against a member of the initial supposed offending group.
(EX. Hasidic Jew crashes into a car with 2 black girls. Cops come & take Jew in first b/c they predict there will be a riot. Truth is, cops and Jew partnered up it was intentional)
Retaliatory crimes
-defensive aim of attacker is transformed into a mission
-rarest type of hate crime involving extreme violence
-usually acts alone
-eliminates group of whom they hate
-usually very trouble
-may have been part of hate group
(EX. A person went to a Hasidic Jewish school and killed the children)
Mission crimes (hatemongers)
-may not actively be involved in hate crime but agrees with the principles of offenders & may even stand by & watch
(EX. Laughing at racist jokes)
Sympathizers
- passive acceptance & failure to act
- “little people” who are powerless to influence the course of the country
(EX. Citizens of nazi Germany)
Spectators
- few in number but have a level of economic prosperity
- during economic & political turmoil they are often looted & vandalized attacked and expelled
Middlemen minorities
Psychology of prejudice
How does a person change from an accommodating toddler into violent bigot?
Development
Stubborn believer whose intolerant of others
Bigot
(Psych. Of prejudice)
1) …. Ability to engage in____: the division of human being into socially constructed groups
- first step to prejudice
Social categorization
(Psych. Of prejudice)
2)…. Children learn which groups they belong to (ingroup) and which they do not (outgroup)
Self identification
(Psych. Of prejudice)
3)… Children learn the ____ (often negative) associated with different groups and racial slurs
Stereotypes
(Psych. Of prejudice)
4) … Children do not start to internalize the attitudes until age 7
- age of when they show preference for their own group
- may lead to prejudice
Internalization
(Psych. Of prejudice)
5) _____is often not reflected in their behavior until middle school
- they have adopted society’s prejudices
Verbal rejection
Mental model of a thing or person containing all of our knowledge about & attitudes towards that thing
- this is where we store our stereotypes
- coming into contact with a person activated our schema
(EX. Seeing a black man in very nice suit and thinking its for court when he’s actually sophisticated)
Schema
The fact that schema for our ingroup is more complex than the outgroup
-“we are different”, “they are all the same”
Outgroup homogeneity
(Mertons continuum of prejudice)
Are not prejudiced and do not discriminate
All-weather liberals
(Mertons continuum of prejudice)
Are prejudiced but will discriminate when it is in their interest to do so
Reluctant liberals
(Mertons continuum of prejudice)
Are prejudiced but are afraid to show it
Timid bigots
(Mertons continuum of prejudice)
Are prejudiced and quite willing to discriminate
Active bigots
When our behaviors don’t meet our mental images of ourselves
-accepting a dehumanizing image of the victim; perp may actually come to believe that his/her hate/crime is justified
Cognitive dissonance
- line test
- 33% confirmed with group
- even one rebel can serve as a role model for bystanders to imitate
Asch; group pressure
- electric shock experiment
- 62% continued to provide maximum shock when told to do so
- 30% continued to provide max shock when told to do so when subject sat next to them
- easier to harm stranger than intimate
Milgram; obedience to authority experiment
When people feel anonymous they are more likely to act aggressively
Deindividuation
- ended after 6 days
- guards became emotionally and physically threatening
- prisoners became anxious angry and depressed
- students pretended to be prisoners and guards
Zimbardo; Stanford prison experiment
Occurs when a person finds a group attractive and wants to be like its members
Identification
