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| The way in which people in groups perceive, think about, feel about, and act toward people in other groups. |
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| the tendency to not follow normal rules of behaviour as a result of losing one’s self awareness |
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| A theory that posits that each person strives to enhance his or her self-esteem, which is composed of two parts; a personal identity and a social identity. |
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| Realistic conflict theory |
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| a theory that describes conflict between different groups as resulting from individuals’ self- interest motives in competition for jobs, land, power and other resources. |
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| Reciprocal view when each group sees its own behaviour as caused by the actions of the other side. |
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| The feelings of discontent caused by the belief that one fares poorly compared to people in other groups. |
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| Absolute or Realistic deprivation |
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| The belief that one’s own resources are directly threatened by people in other groups. |
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| A goal that can only be achieved if the members of both groups cooperate. |
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| Common-in-group identity model |
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| A reduction of prejudice is more likely when group members believe they have a shared identity. |
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| graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension reduction) – a strategy for resolving conflict that involves unilateral and persistent efforts to establishing trust and cooperation between opposing parties. |
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| a very commonly used approach to resolving conflict at an individual level, whereby an agreement is sought through direct negotiation between both sides in the conflict |
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| a particular type of bargaining in which a neutral third party tries to resolve a conflict by facilitating communication between opposing parties and offering suggestions. |
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| Resolution of a conflict by a neutral third party who studies both sides and imposes a settlement. |
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| A negotiated resolution to a conflict in which all parties obtain outcomes that are superior to what they would have obtained from an equal division of the contested resources. |
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| Behavioural and psychological changes that happen when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact. |
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| The tendency to maintain one’s own culture and also participate in the larger society. |
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| The tendency to maintain one’s own culture but to reject, or not participate in the larger society. |
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| The tendency to abandon one’s original culture and participate in the larger society. |
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| The tendency to neither maintain one’s own culture nor participate in the larger society. |
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