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Question 1: Discuss the five basic causes of intragroup conflict: competition (winning), resource allocation (sharing), power (controlling), work-related disputes (working), and dislike.
Question 2: Discuss the five basic causes of intergroup conflict: competition for scarce resources (realistic group conflict theory), social dominance processes, aggression, norms, and natural selection (evolution).
Question 3: How do cultural norms reflect how groups and group members respond to conflict?
Question 4: Discuss the interpersonal factors that can cause an initial dispute to intensify into a full-fledge conflict, including positional commitment, reactance, misperceptions, influence tactics (hard and soft), reciprocity, emotional contagion, and coalition formation.
Question 5: Discuss the methods that can be used to quell conflict in groups, including negotiation (hard, soft, and integrative), forgiveness and the tit-for-tat strategy, and third-party mediation.