Terrorism: A Psychological and Sociological Analysis

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ISSUE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
AND THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY AND
SOCIOLOGY
TERRORISM

INTRODUCTION
 Terrorism is the activity in which some people
(terrorists) use intentionally indiscriminate
violence to develop terror among the masses of
people.
 Basically it is related to several perceptivities by
theorists and researchers, regarding the
question that why an individual become terrorist
 So, to understand the different perspectives
thorough the psychological and sociological
theories, this presentation report will illustrate
the same.

PERSPECTIVES OF
TERRORISM This is a subject that attracts several perspectives from the
common human population
 People think that I comes from same religion, comes with
cognitive learning, poverty etc.
 Even theorists states several perceptions on terrorism

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
 There is a Conflict Sociological Theory which
suggests that the way inequalities contribute
to social differences and perpetuate
differences in power makes people attracted
towards or repel from terrorism
 Another sociological theory; Symbolic
interactionism is a micro-level theory that
focuses on the relationships among individuals
within a society and illustrates that the role of
terrorism in society is to create a separation in
these and hence attain unique objectives

PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY
 As per the Erik Erikson's Stages of
Psychosocial Development theory, a hit
finishing of each degree results in a
healthy character and the procurement
of straightforward ethics. Essential
ethics are work qualities which the self
image can use to determine next
emergencies.

TARGET AUDIENCE
 Terrorism attacks at urban popular
destinations is becoming more frequent
 The places which are more crowded than
others/ festival markets/ malls are more prone
to terrorists to attack
 While in terms of increasing terrorists,
countries with very less legal and
governmental regulations are more prone like
Iraq, Iran etc. while another aspect that
attracts them is the religion and the wars
each other have.

REFERENCES
 https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
 Crenshaw, M. ed., 2010. Terrorism in context. Penn
State Press.
 https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbasse
site/documents/webpage/dbasse_175076.pdf
 http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/ar
ticle/view/8/html
 https://www.uml.edu/research/ctss/perspectives-on-te
rrorism.aspx
 https://libguides.norquest.ca/psych/psych_famous
 https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sociology/chapter/