Psych-13: Conflict & Peace Making

Conflict

A perceived incompatibility of actions or goals

Peace

A condition marked by low levels of hostility and aggression and by mutually beneficial relationships

Social trap

A situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing its self interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior

What are examples of a social trap?

Prisoner's dilemma and tragedy of the commons

Insert prisoner's dilemma

Insert tragedy of the commons

Mirror-image perceptions

Reciprocal views of each other often held by parties in conflict

Equal-status contact

Contact on an equal bases

Superordinate goal

A shared goal that necessitates cooperative effort; a goal that overrides people's differences from one another

Bargaining

Seeking an agreement to a conflict through direct negotiation between parties

Mediation

An attempt by a neutral third party to resolve a conflict by facilitating communication and offering suggestions

Arbitration

Resolution of a conflict by a neutral third party who studies both sides and imposes a settlement

Integrative agreements

win-win agreements that reconcile both parties' interests to their mutual benefit