Understanding Intergroup Conflict
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Which theory suggests that intergroup hostility arises from competition among groups for scarce but valued material resources?

  • Realistic conflict theory (correct)
  • Social groups - respect over riches
  • Relative deprivation theory
  • Intergroup relations
  • What tends to happen during escalating conflict between groups?

  • Improved communication
  • Decreased commitment
  • Retaliation and hardening of in-group opinion (correct)
  • Decreased polarization
  • Which term describes the phenomenon where conflicts usually start as one-on-one confrontations and may escalate to involve multiple parties?

  • Perceptions of conflict
  • Coalition formation (correct)
  • Blind spots in conflict thinking
  • Vicarious retribution
  • What is the term for the biased perception of one's own group as morally right and more powerful, while perceiving the outgroup negatively?

    <p>The all powerful ingroup</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the tendency to perceive members of out-groups negatively, and the strengthening of this tendency due to anxiety, perceived threats, and emotion?

    <p>Self-fulfilling prophecy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the phenomenon where humans harmed by our group are seen as less human and their suffering is minimized?

    <p>Moral disengagement</p> Signup and view all the answers

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