Assignment:
Questionnaire on how Americans feel about the causes of violence in America. Why are we violent?
Demographics:
Age:
Gender:
Race/Ethnicity:
Income:
Education:
Sexual Orientation (optional):
Occupation:
Have you been a victim of violence?
Have you observed violence?
Have you committed violent acts on others?
The following are options given to respondents:
They are coded as:
1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. No opinion
4. Disagree
5. Strongly disagree
-Desensitize to others
-Overpopulation
-Americans live in Survival mode because we feel no one has our back. We feel lonely without having our backs
-Violent History- internal violence poverty and race which fuel it
-Violence is recycled-violence reproduces violence
-Family- lack of discipline
-Social learning theory- we socially learn to be violent
-Exploitative capitalism
-Idolizing extreme competition
-Normalized by society
-Mental issues
-Poverty- living to survive, bereft of social support
-Quick access to social Media - what we see we reenact. Inspiration to do it
-Polarizing Politics views - political contention
-Education system
-Isolated - social detachment
-Intense social envy-class conscious contention
-Unachievable American dream - frustration with it
-Increase in Socio-legal control (limitations on freedoms)