Appealing to key concepts and theories surrounding social influence, and making reference to at least one real-world case, explain how otherwise ordinary people become involved in campaigns of ethnic or religious genocide.

–> You don’t have to include everything that’s below, only what’s relevant!!

The paper should be grounded on these concepts-

1.     social influence – conformity, obedience, group dynamics, compliance

2.     Prosocial behaviour

Social influence

Conformity

·       Asch’s (1951) Conformity Experiment (Line Judgement): Experimental Condition

·       Abram’s (1996) Line Study

·       Informational Influence 

·       Normative Influence

·       Referent Informational Influence

Obedience

·       Milgram’s (1963) Obedience Experiment

Compliance

·       Evidence for the Door in the Face Technique, Cialdini et al (1975)

·       Evidence for the ‘That’s Not All!’ Technique, Burger (1986)

Group dynamics

·       Gleitman, Gross & Reisberg (2001)

·       Mere Presence Effect

·       Deindividuation

·       Minority Group Influence (or Minority Influence)

Prosocial behaviour

·       Evolutionary theory

·       Neurobiological theory

·       Social learning theory

·       Social cognitive approach

-> Latane and Daley’s (1970) Cognitive Model

-> The Bystander Effect

 Structure of essay

IntroBody: 3-5 paragraphs Conclusion
· Introduce topic·  Argument or thesis statement is stated·  Main ideas that will be discussed are mentioned here briefly· Topic sentence or main idea stated clearly· Evidence to support the statement· Explanation of evidence/s· Link to topic and other main ideas -> at least 1 paragraph should be about a real-world case · Argument restated in the conclusion· summarising and linking all the info 

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