PSY 368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Provisional Irish Republican Army, Sinhala Only Act, Sinhalese Language

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

Document Summary

Lecture outline #15: culture & social identity (part 1) Arena & arrigo (2005): social psychology, terrorism, & identity. How does identity relate to terrorism? structural symbolic interactionism: people actively create a social understanding of reality, reality based on social interactions. 5 organizing principles: symbols symbol: representation of something, can be physical (e. g. why attack the world trade center and pentagon on 9/11?, can be abstract, social object (e. g. justice, truth, independence) Roles = means by which people are connected to social systems (e. g. schools, sports leagues, religious groups, etc. ) Include social expectations for someone in a given position, status cues for behavior. Adopting a role = adhering to certain values, norms, attitudes, etc. (cid:498)infused(cid:499) with concrete and abstract symbols, set definitions of certain situations: heavy emphasis on palestinian identity, what it means to be (cid:498)palestinian(cid:499) Identities = dimensions of the self-concept: hierarchically organized, some more salient than others in certain situations.