Two Processes That Tend to Increase Conflict Between Groups Are

question 61

Multiple Choice

Two processes that tend to increase conflict between groups are ________ and ________.

• A) communication; reactive devaluation
• B) reactive devaluation; complex reasoning
• C) dehumanization; reactive devaluation
• D) complex reasoning; dehumanization

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Definitions:

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

A 19th-century Austro-German psychiatrist and author known for his research on sexual behavior and psychopathology.

Phallic-Stage Boy

A term from Freudian psychoanalysis referring to a developmental stage in boys, roughly ages 3 to 6, focused on genital fixation and identification with the same-sex parent.

Castration Anxiety

In Freudian theory, the belief that the father will cut off the child’s penis because of competition for the mother/wife.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist who is known as the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychological pathology by means of dialogue between the patient and a psychoanalyst.