Realistic conflict theory, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 33 relations: American National Election Studies, Amity–enmity complex, Carolyn Sherif, Civil rights movement, Cross-cultural studies, David Berreby, Desegregation busing, Discrimination, Diversity (business), Donald T. Campbell, George C. Homans, Group conflict, Group threat theory, Harold Kelley, Hedonism, Homogeneity and heterogeneity, In-group and out-group, Intergroup relations, John Thibaut, Minimal group paradigm, Muzafer Sherif, Oklahoma, Prejudice, Racial integration, Regality theory, Robbers Cave State Park, Social exchange theory, Social psychology, Stereotype, Superordinate goals, Symbolic racism, Tariff, Zero-sum game.

American National Election Studies

The American National Election Studies (ANES) are academically-run national surveys of voters in the United States, conducted before and after every presidential election.

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Amity–enmity complex

The amity–enmity complex theory was introduced by Sir Arthur Keith in his work A New Theory of Human Evolution (1948). Realistic conflict theory and amity–enmity complex are group processes.

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Carolyn Sherif

Carolyn Wood Sherif (1922–1982) was an American social psychologist who helped to develop social judgment theory and contributed pioneering research in the areas of the self-system, group conflict, cooperation, and gender identity.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

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Cross-cultural studies

Cross-cultural studies, sometimes called holocultural studies or comparative studies, is a specialization in anthropology and sister sciences such as sociology, psychology, economics, political science that uses field data from many societies through comparative research to examine the scope of human behavior and test hypotheses about human behavior and culture.

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David Berreby

David Berreby is the author of the book Us and Them: The Science of Identity (2008, University of Chicago Press).

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Desegregation busing

Desegregation busing (also known simply as busing or integrated busing or by its critics as forced busing) was a failed attempt to diversify the racial make-up of schools in the United States by sending students to school districts other than their own.

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Discrimination

Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation.

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Diversity (business)

Diversity, in a business context, is hiring and promoting employees from a variety of different backgrounds and identities.

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Donald T. Campbell

Donald Thomas Campbell (November 20, 1916 – May 6, 1996) was an American social scientist.

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George C. Homans

George Caspar Homans (August 11, 1910 – May 29, 1989) was an American sociologist, founder of behavioral sociology, the 54th president of the American Sociological Association, and one of the architects of social exchange theory.

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Group conflict

Group conflict, or hostilities between different groups, is a feature common to all forms of human social organization (e.g., sports teams, ethnic groups, nations, religions, gangs), and also occurs in social animals. Realistic conflict theory and group conflict are group processes.

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Group threat theory

Group threat theory, also known as group position theory, is a sociological theory that proposes the larger the size of an outgroup, the more the corresponding ingroup perceives it to threaten its own interests, resulting in the ingroup members having more negative attitudes toward the outgroup.

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Harold Kelley

Harold Kelley (February 16, 1921 – January 29, 2003) was an American social psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Hedonism

Hedonism refers to the prioritization of pleasure in one's lifestyle, actions, or thoughts.

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Homogeneity and heterogeneity

Homogeneity and heterogeneity are concepts relating to the uniformity of a substance, process or image.

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In-group and out-group

In social psychology and sociology, an in-group is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. Realistic conflict theory and in-group and out-group are group processes.

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Intergroup relations

Intergroup relations refers to interactions between individuals in different social groups, and to interactions taking place between the groups themselves collectively.

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John Thibaut

John Walter Thibaut (1917–1986) was a social psychologist, one of the last graduate students of Kurt Lewin.

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Minimal group paradigm

The minimal group paradigm is a method employed in social psychology. Realistic conflict theory and minimal group paradigm are group processes.

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Muzafer Sherif

Muzafer Sherif (born Muzafer Şerif Başoğlu; July 29, 1906 – October 16, 1988) was a Turkish-American social psychologist.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Prejudice

Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership.

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Racial integration

Racial integration, or simply integration, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation), leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely bringing a racial minority into the majority culture.

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Regality theory

The theory of regal and kungic societal structures, or regality theory, is a theory that seeks to explain certain cultural differences based on perceived collective danger and fear.

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Robbers Cave State Park

Robbers Cave State Park is a state park in Latimer County, Oklahoma.

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Social exchange theory is a sociological and psychological theory that studies the social behavior in the interaction of two parties that implement a cost-benefit analysis to determine risks and benefits.

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Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

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Stereotype

In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people.

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Superordinate goals

In social psychology, superordinate goals are goals that are worth completing but require two or more social groups to cooperatively achieve.

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Symbolic racism

Symbolic racism (also known as modern-symbolic racism, modern racism, symbolic prejudice, and racial resentment) is a coherent belief system that reflects an underlying one-dimensional prejudice towards a racialized ethnicity.

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Tariff

A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods.

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Zero-sum game

Zero-sum game is a mathematical representation in game theory and economic theory of a situation that involves two competing entities, where the result is an advantage for one side and an equivalent loss for the other.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realistic_conflict_theory

Also known as Realistic Group Conflict Theory, Robber's Cave Experiement, Robber's Cave Experiment, Robber's Cave study, Robbers Cave Experiement, Robbers Cave Experiment, Robbers Cave Study, Robbers' Cave Experiement, Robbers' Cave Experiment.