Final

Front 1

When does nationalism date back to?

Back 1

French Rev. 1789

Front 2

Give Some examples of ethnic conflict.

Back 2

Canada, India, Burma, Yugo, Cyprus etc. in the 60's

Front 3

There have been a considerable revival of interest since when?

Back 3

1990's

Front 4

What happened in 94 in Rwanda?

Back 4

Pres was killed and Hutu extremists seized contnrol of the govt.
Over the next 100yrs about 8000 were murdered.

Front 5

What was the fastest rate of mass killing in the 20th century?

Back 5

Rwanda. 800,000 peopole (10%) of pop were murdered. 90% of victims were Tutsis

Front 6

Why should political psyc. be interest in nationalism?

Back 6

cuz its a psych factor, something that exist primarily in our heads

Front 7

What is nationalism?

Back 7

since of common identification

Front 8

What is social identity theory? What type of view is this? What does it deal with?

Back 8

-psych explan. for nationalism
-Situationist
-us v. them; in (fav.) and out(descrim.) groups

Front 9

How did social identity theory begin? Describe it

Back 9

Started with social psychol. Sherif in the Robbers cave expirement.Sherif took 22 normal schoolboys to a summer camp in Robbers cave, Okla. Randomly assigned them into 2 groups and segregated them for a week. Made them compete. Hostility emerged and they couldn't agree on anything

Front 10

What was the basis of sorial identity theory? Describe it

Back 10

In the 70's, Tajfel & Turner similarily divided adult subjects into 2 groups (wierd criteria). Segregated. In-group favortism and Out-group discrimination

Front 11

What was Tajfel hypothesis?

Back 11

That group membership and favortism boosts self esteem (human need)

Front 12

What are the problems with social identity theory?

Back 12

-Nationalist groups are qualitativley different from other groups
-One can change identity
-Categorization doesn't lead us to hate all out-groups
-Personalitly attributes determine how we buy into in and out groups