PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Realistic Conflict Theory, Group Dynamics

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Le bon argued that people go mad in crowds, that crowd behaviour is destructive, pathological and should be controlled. Mcdougall characterized crowds as violent, impulsive, suggestible, and. According to the theory of deindividuation, when people are in large groups, they are less likely to follow normal rules of behaviour: this is due to, decreased self-awareness, anonymity, lack of accountability. According to social identity theory, people have two identities: Individual identities: social identities, based on group membership, when people become a member of a group, the group membership becomes salient, and it"s their group goal and group identity that regulates their behaviour. Derogating the outgroup can make you feel better both about your group and yourself. Conflicts between groups happen when: people are competing for resources, realistic conflict theory, when they perceive that their circumstances are deteriorating, relative deprivation theory. Several approaches that lead to reductions in intergroup conflict: Increasing intergroup contact on an equal status basis: forming common goals, recategorization.

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