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The class is PSY2800, Psychology of Genocide, everything to write the paper is on the file attached.

The book we used in class is called:

How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing

Becoming Evil

By James Waller

APA Style, scholarly sources only

Due: April 26th @ 11:59P.M

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Running Head: PSYCHOLOGY OF GENOCIDE

Psychology of Genocide
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PSYCHOLOGY OF GENOCIDE

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Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Membership of a group ................................................................................................................... 3
Fragmentation of Conscience ......................................................................................................... 4
Extreme Ideology ............................................................................................................................ 4
Power and Control .......................................................................................................................... 5
Obedience and Unquestioned Authority ......................................................................................... 6
Personal Point of View ................................................................................................................... 8
References ....................................................................................................................................... 9

PSYCHOLOGY OF GENOCIDE
Abstract
In the modern society, people committing intentional or deliberate suicide, bombing,
racial killing, massacre, and mass slaughter have become a norm in our society. As technology
world evolves, new equipment for massive killings such as atomic bombs, poisonous gases, and
grenades have been invented to support perpetrators missions. The big question now is whether
people committing genocide have innate characteristics that trigger them to undertake the
heinous activity or they are doing it out of other personal influences and psychological aspects.
To unearth such question, this paper is structured into the analysis of major genocides that have
been committed, members of a group, extreme ideology, power and control, obedience and
unquestioned authority, and offering a personal perspective.

Membership of a group

In a well-researched study conducted by Holmes (2017) to examine the correlation and
prevalence of a person in a criminal group to commit a crime, it was concluded that skewed
mentality of members of a criminal gang, terrorist group, and other dangerous groups trigger
them to participate in heinous activities in order to satisfy their ego-centrism. The desire for
approval from others maneuvers the thinking of people in those groups into participating in
massive killings. With the negative influence of peopl...


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