Where Would You Look to Find the Point of Origin

question 10

Short Answer

Where would you look to find the point of origin of a fire?

Compare and contrast different types of contact hypotheses and their effectiveness in reducing intergroup conflict.

Differentiate among honor, dignity, and face cultures, and their respective approaches to managing conflict.

Summarize key experiments and theories related to intergroup conflict, including the Robbers Cave Experiment and realistic group conflict theory.

Understand the theories explaining the roots and dynamics of intergroup conflict.

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Definitions:

Other-Race Effect

The tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races. (Also called the crossrace effect and the own-race bias.)

Unconscious Patronization

Actions or speech that belittle someone without the awareness of the person engaging in such behavior.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected the outcome.

Scapegoating

The practice of unfairly blaming an individual or group for problems or negative outcomes that they did not cause.