Intergroup Conflict: Identification Flashcards
A circumstance in which groups engage in antagonistic actions toward one another to control some outcome important to them.
Intergroup Conflict
A situation in which two or more parties must choose between their self-interest and the interest of the community.
Social Dilemma
A decision that favors self-interest.
Defection
A decision that favors collective interest.
Cooperation
Heightens conflict between groups.
Competition
A belief that one has been treated unfairly and disrespectfully, and is suffering unnecessarily as a result of another person’s actions.
Perceived Injustice
Groups in conflict form distorted images of each other.
Misperception
Refers to a person’s self-concept derived from his membership to a group. Members who strongly identify with their group tends to be ethnocentric.
Social Identity Theory
Acts that treat members of out-groups in an unfair and disadvantageous manner.
Discrimination
Hostility between two groups results from real or perceived conflicting goals that generate intergroup competition.
Realistic Group Conflict Theory
The feeling of deficiency based on comparison with relevant others who are seen as doing better than yourself. A person or group may feel deprived when comparing themselves with another person.
Relative Deprivation Theory
The desire to see one’s own group dominate others.
Social Dominance Theory
Unaware of the inequalities in social structures because of the advantages of their position.
Dominant Groups
Explains how groups negotiate and contest dominance and subordination as a result of power differential in group relations.
Positioning Theory
Members will generally show higher levels of loyalty and commitment.
Group Cohesion
Competition for leadership within a group will increase group militancy and intensify the level of conflict with outside groups.
Leadership Militancy
The group typically reorder goal priorities and favor those behaviors that can help it win the conflict.
Norms and Conformity
An objective held in common by all groups in a conflict that cannot be achieved without the supportive efforts of the others.
Superordinate Goals
Prolonged and personal contact with the out-group tend to produce more positive attitudes toward them.
Intergroup Contact
Independent third parties who help groups in conflict identify issues and agree on some resolution. They generally serve as advisors rather than as decision makers in the dispute.
Mediators
Neutral third parties who has the power to decide how a conflict will be resolved
Arbitrators
