Lone Wolf Terrorism
(Willer, 2009)
1. The theory suggest that people who receive status rewards for collective action contribution will view the group with higher regards, be more motivated to help the group, and will therefore contribute more to the group. With these conclusions from the studies in mind, is PERCEPTION of what one will receive from the group after contribution important? To be more specific, if someone contributes or joins a terrorist group expecting very high status but in return gets high statue but not as high as they want, will they still be motivated to continuing contributing to the group ?–Oyindamola Adedipe
2. Willer proposed that people who contribute to the collective goal of the group would receive benefits for their efforts, and then …show more content…
This article discusses lone wolf terrorism as well as main features and patterns associated with it. In a previous article, Psychology of Radicalization, by Kruglanski et al. they explain the quest of significance, motivating force to matter (2014). I wonder if the quest for significance will differ in members of a terrorist group and lone terrorist. I predict that although both types of individuals will be seeking significance, there will be a fundamental underlying difference in their quest of significance. Why is it lone wolf terrorist believe they can gain significance from within themselves and their action, while members of a terrorist group believe they can gain significance from within the group they are in ?--Oyindamola Adedipe
2. Individuals in terrorist groups and lone wolf terrorists both carryout horrendous acts. The author of the study concluded that lone wolf terrorist have a higher rate of psychological disturbance. Specifically they are more likely to suffer from mental illness such as severe depression, anxiety disorder, personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Often times with mental disorders such as the ones described in the article, individuals lack empathy and cannot understand someone else’s feeling. Does empathy play a role in lone wolf terrorist and if so is there a difference in empathy observed between terrorist and lone wolf terrorist? -Oyindamola
1. The theory suggest that people who receive status rewards for collective action contribution will view the group with higher regards, be more motivated to help the group, and will therefore contribute more to the group. With these conclusions from the studies in mind, is PERCEPTION of what one will receive from the group after contribution important? To be more specific, if someone contributes or joins a terrorist group expecting very high status but in return gets high statue but not as high as they want, will they still be motivated to continuing contributing to the group ?–Oyindamola Adedipe
2. Willer proposed that people who contribute to the collective goal of the group would receive benefits for their efforts, and then …show more content…
This article discusses lone wolf terrorism as well as main features and patterns associated with it. In a previous article, Psychology of Radicalization, by Kruglanski et al. they explain the quest of significance, motivating force to matter (2014). I wonder if the quest for significance will differ in members of a terrorist group and lone terrorist. I predict that although both types of individuals will be seeking significance, there will be a fundamental underlying difference in their quest of significance. Why is it lone wolf terrorist believe they can gain significance from within themselves and their action, while members of a terrorist group believe they can gain significance from within the group they are in ?--Oyindamola Adedipe
2. Individuals in terrorist groups and lone wolf terrorists both carryout horrendous acts. The author of the study concluded that lone wolf terrorist have a higher rate of psychological disturbance. Specifically they are more likely to suffer from mental illness such as severe depression, anxiety disorder, personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Often times with mental disorders such as the ones described in the article, individuals lack empathy and cannot understand someone else’s feeling. Does empathy play a role in lone wolf terrorist and if so is there a difference in empathy observed between terrorist and lone wolf terrorist? -Oyindamola