Conflict and peace making 2

Question 1

What is competition?

Answer 1

it is a type of interdependence in which one party’s gains result from another party’s losses

Question 2

What is mirror-image perception?

Answer 2

This is when conflicting individuals or groups form distorted images of one another and this is always mutual

Question 3

What are the specific strategies to achieve peace?

Answer 3

1. Contact
2. Cooperation
3. Communication
4. Conciliation

Question 4

What specific circumstances make prolonged contact effective?

Answer 4

1. equal status contact
2. friendship

Question 5

Cooperation occurs when?

Answer 5

1. people face a common external threat
2. have a superordinate goal

Question 6

What are the 3 ways in which communication can be done?

Answer 6

1. bargaining
2. mediation
3. arbitration

Question 7

What is bargaining?

Answer 7

Seeking an agreement to a conflict through direct negotiation between parties

Question 8

What is mediation?

Answer 8

An attempt by a neutral third party to resolve a conflict by facilitating communication and offering suggestions

Question 9

What is arbitration?

Answer 9

It is the resolution of a conflict by a neutral third party who studies both sides and imposes a settlement

Question 10

Conciliation can be done using …….

Answer 10

G- graduated
R- reciprocated
I- initiatives
in
T- tension reduction

Question 11

GRIT aims to reverse the conflict spiral by triggering reciprocal de-escalation. What steps does it use?

Answer 11

1. Announcing a conciliatory intent and then inviting the rival group to reciprocate
2. The initiating group carries out several verifiable conciliatory acts exactly as announced
3. Both groups ensure that they maintain the retaliatory capability