Psychology out of the Laboratory: The Challenge of Violent Extremism

Autor/inn/en	Ginges, Jeremy; Atran, Scott; Sachdeva, Sonya; Medin, Douglas
Titel	Psychology out of the Laboratory: The Challenge of Violent Extremism
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 66 (2011) 6, S.507-519 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
DOI	10.1037/a0024715
Schlagwörter	World Problems; Research Needs; Research Methodology; Psychology; Violence; Political Attitudes; Social Values; Self Concept; Group Unity; Conflict; Moral Values; Interdisciplinary Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weltproblem; Forschungsbedarf; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Psychologie; Gewalt; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Sozialer Wert; Selbstkonzept; Gruppenidentität; Konflikt; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität
Abstract	The idea that people inevitably act in accordance with their self-interest on the basis of a calculation of costs and benefits does not constitute an adequate framework for understanding political acts of violence and self-sacrifice. Recent research suggests that a better understanding is needed of how sacred values and notions of self and group identity lead people to act in terms of principles rather than prospects when the two come into conflict. Perhaps the greatest challenge is to better understand how sacred causes and moral imperatives diffuse through a population and motivate some (usually small) segment of it to commit violent actions. The challenge to psychology is to adopt an interdisciplinary focus drawing on a range of research methods and to become bolder in its choices of study populations if it is to be relevant to real-world problems. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10