Deck 12: Terrorism

Question 1

Acts of terrorism are often associated with mental illness.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Name the two missing elements of terrorist involvement, in order, that are associated with Horgan and Taylor's (2011) "ARC" of terrorist involvement:
a. Becoming involved in terrorism
b. ______
c. _______

Answer 2

b. Remaining involved in terrorism
c. Disengaging from terrorism

Question 3

Which of Post's (1984, 1987, 1990) two major types of terrorist groups is small and committed to overthrowing political or social regimes?

A) The anarchic-ideologue group
B) The national-separatist group

Answer 3

The anarchic-ideologue group

Question 4

The enhanced status that is associated with joining a terrorist group is particularly important in understanding why individuals join nationalist-separatist groups.

Question 5

Radicalisation might be described as exposure to, and sympathy with, radical______

Question 6

According to Kessels (2010), three of the four narratives that support radicalisation are a political narrative, a religious narrative and a social-psychological narrative. What is the fourth?

Question 7

Which of the factors listed below were found by Merari (2010) to characterise failed suicide bombers (relative to those convicted of non-suicide terrorist offences)?

A) They were more likely to have completed high school
B) They were less likely to come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds
C) They tended to have higher levels of religiosity
D) They were less likely to have engaged in previous violent activities
E) All of the above

Question 8

What type of personality disorder was found to be most associated with suicide terrorism?

Question 9

The term _________ describes an act of suicide (setting oneself on fire) that is for political purposes.

Question 10

The Structured Professional Judgment Protocol for Risk Assessment of Violent Extremists (VERA; Pressman, 2009) was designed to assess the risk that individuals pose for committing terrorist acts. Fill in the numbered gaps below to identify the four main types of items in the VERA.
A=_______
C= ______
H= _______
P= ______

Question 11

What is the accepted identified approach to studying terrorism?

A) The individual, and the processes that might characterise involvement for the individual in terrorism
B) The relationship between the individual and his or her political and social context
C) The consequences of terrorism, in terms of how the individual and society might be affected by terrorism
D) The methodological framework in which to study terrorism
E) All of the above

Question 12

The point at which someone moves from not being involved to terrorism to becoming involved is certainly not clear-cut.