PSY 368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sicarii, Psychopathy, Psychopathology

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 368
• Professor: Adam Lazarewicz

Document Summary

Terrorism definition: an aggressive attack on a specific location, group, person, culture, etc. )s it inherently (cid:498)bad(cid:499): we see it as bad because of where we"ve grown up/what has happened. Why: it depends on the culture you were raised in and the values your family/culture utilizes. Challenges in defining terrorism difficulties in defining terrorism: Defined by psychological characteristics of actor, or by the behavior itself? a review of early terrorist groups: Subgroup of jewish zealots (1st century ce) Opposed roman rule in judea, supported expulsion of romans by force. Islamic sect, branch of shia islam (11th 13th century ce) Public stabbings in daylight, notes, and daggers left on pillows. Assassinated tsarist leaders, hoped to spur revolution. Advocated violence against officials, but also general public who supported existing order: (cid:498)there are no innocents. (cid:499) (cid:523)emile (enry, at his trial for throwing a bomb into caf .