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| mutually exclusive goal attainment |
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| a struggle between two interdependent persons who perceive some incompatible goals and/or scarcity of rewards |
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| The use of power to the detriment of the recipient |
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| What is inter-group conflict? |
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| groups take antagonistic actions toward one another to control some outcome important to each |
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| What is Realistic Group Conflict |
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| Groups have an opposition of interest that creates friction between them (mutually exclusive goals) |
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| Extent to which members identify with the group to which they belong (in-group identification and ethnocentrism, social identity theory) |
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| What factors contribute to inter-group conflict developing? |
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| Realistic group conflict, social identity, aversive events and escalation |
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| How does Inter-group conflict persist? |
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Biased perception of the out-group
Changes in relations between conflicting groups |
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| What are some factors of Biased Perceptions of Out-Groups |
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Stereotypic distortion (cognitive schema of outgroup is less complex, exaggerate degree of homogeneity of outgroup, stereotype of outgroup is excessively negative)
Attributional Bias (ultimate attribution error) |
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| What are some factors of Changes in Relations between Conflicting Groups |
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Expansion of issues (latent issues come to the fore, actions become issues themselves)
Polarization of relations and breakdown of communication |
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| What is the impact of conflict on 'within group' processes? |
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Group cohesion
Leadership Rivalry and militancy
Norms and conformity (individual rights/liberties may be curtailed, increased pressure to conform, less tolerance of dissent, standards of equity/fairness may change) |
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| What are some ways to resolve intergroup conflict? |
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Super-ordinate goals
Intergroup contact
Mediation and Arbitration
Unilateral Conciliatory Initiatives |
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| What are Super-Ordinate Goals? |
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objective held in common by both groups that cannot be achieved by either alone.
They restructure intergroup relationship, increased interaction reduces bias and hostility, generates a new super-ordinate social identity |
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| What are the results of Intergroup Contact? |
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Sustained and personal contact
Equal-status contact
Institutional support |
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| What is Mediation and Arbitration? |
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Neutral third-part intervention.
Mediation = recommendations
Arbitration = Rules
Mediation is like a counsellor, arbitration is like a judge |
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| What are Unilateral Conciliatory Initiatives? |
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| One group unilaterally initiates de-escalatory steps in hopes that the other group will reciprocate |
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