Conflict and Peace-Making Flashcards
conflict
when people seem to have incompatible actions or goals - among individuals, groups, nations
naive realism
when people believe they see the objective truth, and others are wrong because they don’t know what you know, are lazy/irrational, or bias
social trap
when acting in favor of yourself hurts the group outcome
zero-sum thinking
belief that any gains for one side means an equal amount of losses on the other side
non-zero-sum thinking
belief that gains for one group don’t necessarily mean losses for the other
tragedy of the commons
deplete common resource by acting on own self-interest vs group interest
increase in power leads to decreases in
perspective taking
feeling power increases our tendency to
act
better decisions arise when you combine
high power with perspective taking
consistent contributors
people who almost always contribute to the common good - buffer to social traps and trafedy of the commons