Two Neighboring High Schools Have Been Feuding Since the Annual

question 63

Multiple Choice

Two neighboring high schools have been feuding since the annual football game ended in a tie. The principals of the schools decide that the tension may subside if the two schools participate in joint activities, such as assemblies that would allow the students to hear a local band. The strategy is likely to be ineffective, however, because the

• A) two groups have equal status.
• B) trying to resolve intergroup conflicts always results in further conflicts.
• C) students at the two schools are unlikely to have personal contact.
• D) principals have established the wrong social norm.

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Definitions:

Flooding

Flooding is a psychological treatment method where an individual is exposed to a large amount of their fear object or context until the fear diminishes.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy technique used to reduce phobic responses and anxiety through gradual exposure to the feared stimulus while practicing relaxation techniques.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus.