CONFLICT AND
PEACE-MAKING
Forman Christian College University
Course Code: PSYC 280
Course Title: Social Psychology
,DEFINITIONS
• Conflict: a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals where one party receives a gain an
the other experiences loss.
Example: “I’d like the music off.” “I’d like it on.”
• Peace: is more than the suppression of open conflict, more than a fragile, superficial calm.
is the outcome of a creatively managed conflict. Peace is the parties reconciling their perc
differences and reaching genuine accord.
Example: “We got our increased pay.You got your increased profit. Now each of us is helpin
other achieve the organization’s goals.”
, • Prisoners dilemma W H AT C R E AT E
CONFLICT?
Choosing whether to cooperate or
defect. Social Dilemmas
self-interests > collective
Example: Prisoner lab experiment detriment
Example: greenhouse emissi
• Tragedy of the commons controls
This occurs due to a social
Choosing more for the individual self situation in which the confli
and effecting the everybody’s parties, by each rationally pu
resources. its self-interest, become cau
mutually destructive behavio
Example: Mashed potatoes on a dining Examples of a social trap are
table Prisoners dilemma and trage
commons.
PEACE-MAKING
Forman Christian College University
Course Code: PSYC 280
Course Title: Social Psychology
,DEFINITIONS
• Conflict: a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals where one party receives a gain an
the other experiences loss.
Example: “I’d like the music off.” “I’d like it on.”
• Peace: is more than the suppression of open conflict, more than a fragile, superficial calm.
is the outcome of a creatively managed conflict. Peace is the parties reconciling their perc
differences and reaching genuine accord.
Example: “We got our increased pay.You got your increased profit. Now each of us is helpin
other achieve the organization’s goals.”
, • Prisoners dilemma W H AT C R E AT E
CONFLICT?
Choosing whether to cooperate or
defect. Social Dilemmas
self-interests > collective
Example: Prisoner lab experiment detriment
Example: greenhouse emissi
• Tragedy of the commons controls
This occurs due to a social
Choosing more for the individual self situation in which the confli
and effecting the everybody’s parties, by each rationally pu
resources. its self-interest, become cau
mutually destructive behavio
Example: Mashed potatoes on a dining Examples of a social trap are
table Prisoners dilemma and trage
commons.
