Exam 13: Conflict and Peacemaking

In playing the laboratory version of the Prisoner's Dilemma,you would personally obtain the best payoff on any given trial if ________.

In both the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Tragedy of the Commons,people are tempted to explain their own behavior ________ and others' behavior ________.

Identify a true statement about the contact that predicts the attitudes and tolerance of a group.

According to Gifford and Hine's research with laboratory dilemmas,which of the following is a method for resolving social dilemmas?

Triandis (1994)reported that ________ immigrants felt more comfortable identifying with their ethnicity than ________ immigrants.

In the context of misperception,which of the following is true of mirror-image perceptions?

In the commons dilemma,people often consume more than they realize when:

________ occurs when conflicted parties seek an agreement through direct negotiation.

Which of the following is an example of changing payoffs to resolve social dilemmas?

Punishing another person for noncooperation is most likely to result in:

Joe and Stan are neighbors.Joe wants to put up a fence around his property,but a cherry tree resides directly on the property line.Because they cannot agree on what to do,they seek out a neutral third party to make the decision for them.This is an example of:

Santiago is a Mexican student and Pierre is an Egyptian student in an exchange program.Both are part of a team competing in an international quiz competition,and they prepare very hard and cooperate with each other despite their cultural differences.This scenario most likely exemplifies the importance of ________ in bringing interracial harmony.

In times of tension,such as during an international crisis:

Mediators seek to establish ________ agreements that reconcile both parties' interests to their mutual benefit.

When Bush called Iraq "evil" in the buildup to the invasion,he was making which common misperception?

In the context of social dilemmas,which of the following is a feature shared by both the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Tragedy of the Commons?

Jonathan,the HR manager of a manufacturing company,asks all the employees to use public transportation and thus contribute to the reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases.However,the employees state that they lose time if they use public transport,and they continue to commute in private vehicles.In the context of social dilemmas,the employees' actions will result in ________ in this scenario.

A goal that overrides people's differences from one another is called a(n):

Zoe and Lily,two college students,are roommates,and they split the rent and other expenses equally.Zoe likes to play music loudly,while Lily likes to spend her leisure time reading books.Which of the following is most likely exemplified by Zoe and Lily in this scenario?

Through the use of ________,Muzafer Sherif made boy camper enemies into friends.