Stewardship as a Path to Cooperation? Exploring the Role of Identity in Intergroup Conflict Among Michigan Wolf Stakeholders

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Lute ◽  
Meredith L. Gore
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Conflict

Children’s outgroup giving in settings of intergroup conflict: The developmental role of ingroup symbol preference.

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1350-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura K. Taylor ◽  
Jocelyn Dautel ◽  
Edona Maloku ◽  
Ana Tomovska Misoska
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Developmental Role

scholarly journals How do conflict narratives shape conflict- and peace-related outcomes among majority group members? The role of competitive victimhood in intractable conflicts

2020 ◽  
pp. 136843022091577
Author(s):  
Özden Melis Uluğ ◽  
Brian Lickel ◽  
Bernhard Leidner ◽  
Gilad Hirschberger
Keyword(s):  
Violent Conflict ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The One ◽  
Kurdish Conflict ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Conflict Narratives

Previous research in the Turkish–Kurdish conflict context highlighted two opposing conflict narratives: (a) a terrorism narrative and (b) an independence narrative. In this article, we argue that these narratives are relevant to protracted and asymmetrical intergroup conflict (e.g., independence struggles), and therefore have consequences for conflict- and peace-related outcomes regardless of conflict contexts. We tested this generalizability hypothesis in parallel studies in the context of Turkish–Kurdish (Study 1) and Israeli–Palestinian relations (Study 2) among majority group members (Turks and Jewish Israelis, respectively). We also investigated competitive victimhood as a potential mediating variable in the relationship between conflict narratives on the one side and support for non-violent conflict resolution, forgiveness, and support for aggressive policies on the other, in parallel studies with the two aforementioned contexts. We argue that the terrorism narrative is essentially a negation of the narrative of the other group, and the independence narrative is a consideration of that narrative; therefore, competitive victimhood would be lower/higher when the narrative of the other is acknowledged/denied. Results point to the crucial relationship between endorsing conflict narratives and conflict- and peace-related outcomes through competitive victimhood, and to the possibility that these conflict narratives may show some similarities across different conflict contexts.

scholarly journals How intragroup dynamics affect behavior in intergroup conflict: The role of group norms, prototypicality, and need to belong

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 779-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Steinel ◽  
Gerben A. Van Kleef ◽  
Daan Van Knippenberg ◽  
Michael A. Hogg ◽  
Astrid C. Homan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Group Norms ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Group Norm ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Influence Behavior

This study explores the role of intragroup dynamics in intergroup conflict. In a computer-mediated negotiation experiment (N = 107), we investigated how a group representative’s standing in the group, group norm, and the representative’s need to belong influence behavior in intergroup negotiations. We hypothesized that the extent to which peripheral representatives adhere to group norms is contingent on their need to belong, whereas prototypical representatives behave in norm-congruent ways regardless of their need to belong. In support of this idea, results showed that prototypicals behaved more cooperatively when the group norm prescribed cooperation rather than competition. By contrast, peripherals only adhered to the group norm when they had a high need to belong. These findings suggest that peripherals only represent the interests of their group when doing so furthers their self-interest. We discuss implications for theorizing about prototypicality, social exclusion, and conformity to group norms.

scholarly journals The Psychology of Threat in Intergroup Conflict: Emotions, Rationality, and Opportunity in the Rwandan Genocide

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Shahabudin McDoom
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
Individual Judgment ◽  
Group Emotions ◽  
Outgroup Derogation ◽  
Empirical Approaches

How do security threats mobilize social groups against each other? The strength of such threats lies in the power of group emotions, notably the primary emotion of fear. Fear works by activating psychological processes at the group level that polarize attitudes between different groups. An analysis of survey data, radio broadcasts, and interviews from Rwanda's civil war and genocide of 1990–94 reveals four psychosocial mechanisms at work in group polarization: boundary activation, outgroup derogation, outgroup homogenization, and ingroup cohesion. Additionally, scholarly debates on the role of emotions, material opportunities, and rationality in ethnic conflicts represent a false theoretical choice. Both emotions and material opportunities matter, and rationality and emotion are not incompatible. Two simple refinements to extant theoretical and empirical approaches are needed. First, scholars ought to distinguish between attitudes and violence in ethnic conflicts; emotions matter for the polarization of attitudes, but material and structural opportunities mediate their expression as violence. Second, scholars should pay greater attention to the extensive research in social psychology that shows that both emotion and reason interact in individual judgment and decisionmaking.

Living in the past: The impact of victimization memory on threat perceptions

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainius Lašas ◽  
Rocio Garcia-Retamero ◽  
Vaida Jankauskaitė ◽  
Vitalija Simonaitytė
Keyword(s):  
Framing Effects ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Threat Perception ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Power Asymmetries ◽  
The Impact

Threat perception is a key issue defining intergroup conflict dynamics. To date, it has been linked with power asymmetries and value similarities between groups. This article examines the role of victimization memory in threat construction. The results of an experiment converge to suggest that personal and institutional victimization memories are robust predictors of the levels of threat perception. They act as primary references in the assessment of threat and suppress framing effects. The findings have significant implications for the theory of threat perception.

scholarly journals “Under the Radar”: How is the Jewish–Arab Conflict Reflected in Internal Jewish Dialogue?

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Lipaz Shamoa-Nir
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Exploration Process ◽  
Divided Societies ◽  
Arab Students

This study explores the role of intergroup conflict in the identity exploration process among 83 Jewish participants in a dialogue in a multicultural college in Israel. Thematic analysis has shown that the behavior of most of the participants has been affected by the Jewish–Arab conflict as follows: they centered on internal commonalities among Jewish subgroups; they neither engaged in conflict among Jewish subgroups nor explored their Jewish identities, and they expressed confusion regarding who the out-group was: the Jewish subgroups’ members or the Arab students in the college. These findings expand the knowledge about the identity exploration process in a social context of religious–ethnic conflict and may pose a practical contribution to the field of intergroup dialogues and conflict resolution in divided societies.   

scholarly journals The role of generalizability in moral and political psychology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Ann Harris ◽  
Philip Pärnamets ◽  
William J. Brady ◽  
Claire Robertson ◽  
Jay Joseph Van Bavel
Keyword(s):  
Political Psychology ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Temporal Context ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The Social

The aim of the social and behavioral sciences is to understand human behavior across a wide array of contexts. Our theories often make sweeping claims about human nature, assuming that our ancestors or offspring will be prone to the same biases and preferences. Yet we gloss over the fact that our research is often based in a single temporal context with a limited set of stimuli. Political and moral psychology are domains in which the context and stimuli are likely to matter a great deal (Van Bavel et al., 2016). In response to Yarkoni (see BBS issue) we delve into topics related to political and moral psychology that likely depend on features of the research. These topics include understanding differences between liberals and conservatives, when people are willing to sacrifice someone to save others, the behavior of political leaders, and the dynamics of intergroup conflict.

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