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Oct 19
INTERGROUP RELATIONS
Conflict​ gives rise to intergroup issues
-but can also prevent intergroup conflict by promoting harmony
-conflict is ​good and bad!
Understand what gives rise to conflict:
- Prejudice and discrimination
Intergroup relations: relation between 2 + groups and their members
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Personal → the social identity
2
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INDIVIDUAL:
a
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Personality traits -- specific traits that lead to prejudice / discrimination
2
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Social cognitive :​ relates to stereotypes , how we categorize things
b
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Realistic conflict theory
ii
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Frustration - Aggression theory ​:​ we need someone to take our frustrations out on
2
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Take out everything later in life in the group
3
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Submission to in group authorities, there is aggression towards outgroups
i
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Social dominance orientation: ​orientation towards a group hierarchy, its ok if one group
dominates another group
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH
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Universal theme to divide the world into “US” and “THEM”
i
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We tend to tend ingroup better than outgroup = i​ngroup favoritism
i
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Level of individuals attachment (strength of the identity) to the ingroup
2
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Conflict is fueled by ​COMPETITION​ over resources
i
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Hostilities arise when groups competed for resources
2
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Only superordinate goals promote cooperation
ii
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Bristol school boys were put in groups they were asked to allocate between 2
groups → they ended up wanting a clear differentiation between 2 groups →
existed when nothing was even at stake and social identity was given to the 2
groups of boys
b
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Social identity approach = social identity theory + self categorization theory
b
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COGNITIVE REPRESENTATION OF SELF → shift from PERSONAL SELF → to
our COLLECTIVE SELF
i
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Move from social identity → social comparison → division between US and
THEM
e
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Our group is the best → increasing self esteem

SIT was in Robbers Cave
-boosted their ingroup self esteem
-demonstrating membership - the flag they made
- other team was put down
Boys saw themselves as their collective identity and not their individual identity
Superordinate identity was introduced to the boys when they had to come together to work
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Connected to internal stuff, and our thoughts about groups of individuals
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Pos / neg evaluation of another person BASED ON HOW WE PERCEIVE THE
PERSONA GROUP
a
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Can be a bit more subtle
3
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Effects:
a
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White vs Black students (when faced to conform to a given stereotype,
the kids performed less well academically)
DISCRIMINATION:
1
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Can be done with ingroup favoritism too
2
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Personality​ : authurtiation personality, social dominance orientation, etc
2
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Cognitive processes
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Realistic conflict theory
b
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Deliberate aka self reports

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Physical : facial electromyogram, amygdala activation → we measure reaction
times
b
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Fast - automatic
2
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Behaviour - reasoned action but it is difficult to measure
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