Social psychologists explain genocidal behavior through situational pressure plus unexamined psychological processes
Evidence
Social psychologists would indeed suggest that situational pressure could play a role in producing genocidal behavior, but their account of how it could do so involves psychological processes that Goldhagen did not consider. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 352
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Instant post-9-11 blame explanations bypassed perpetrator psychology — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 10; Fanatical ideological evil stems from normal psychology under extreme circumstances; Holocaust social psychology requires both ideological attraction and conformity obedience — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 851 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Holocaust social psychology requires both ideological attraction and conformity obedience
#expands(0.88) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 851 - Fanatical ideological evil stems from normal psychology under extreme circumstances
#corroborates(0.85) - Social psychology already knows how to produce torturers through small-step induction
#exemplifies(0.82) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3941 - Individual psychodynamic theories cannot explain coordinated mass scapegoating
#qualifies(0.82) - Individual frustrations explain spontaneous prejudice while collective processes explain organized persecution
#qualifies(0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1611 - Scapegoating’s extreme forms require social-historical analysis rather than lab experiments
#complicates(0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1613 - Prejudice shapes behavior through situational context rather than requiring internalization
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