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International human rights law, treaty compliance, documented violations and the psychology of prejudice.
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Psychology of Prejudice
Authoritarian Submission and Aggression
Theodor AdornoAdorno found that some people develop a personality style where they strongly obey authority figures and simultaneously feel hostile toward groups the…
Dehumanisation and Ethical Bypassing
Albert BanduraAlbert Bandura showed how people can switch off their normal sense of right and wrong to justify treating others badly. When asylum seekers are descri…
In-group/Out-group Dynamics
Henri Tajfel & John TurnerSocial Identity Theory shows that people naturally divide the world into "us" and "them," and tend to favour their own group to feel better about them…