PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Hot Sauce, Relative Deprivation, Group Conflict
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Intergroup conflict: intergroup relations is the way in which people in groups perceive, think about, feel about, and act towards people in groups. Interacting with one another in terms of group membership rather than individual exchanges. Blue eyed and brown eyed kids: conflict is a perceived incompatibility of goals between two or more parties, groups are often more aggressive (and competitive) than individuals. Social rewards (power, respect, esteem, etc. : how does conflict arise over material resources, realistic conflict theory. Intergroup hostility, conflict, and aggression arise from competition among groups for material resources and/or social rewards. Not possessing ________ and somebody else does. Not your fault that you don"t have __________ If these factors are present, intergroup conflict will likely arise because group wants to be treated similarly to the other group: social competition often outweighs competition for material resources. Option a both groups receive ; option b your group received.
