Perspective-taking techniques in the mediation of intergroup conflict.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Gutenbrunner ◽  
Ulrich Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Intergroup Conflict

scholarly journals Stepping into Perpetrators’ Shoes: How Ingroup Transgressions and Victimization Shape Support for Retributive Justice through Perspective-Taking With Perpetrators

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 424-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengyao Li ◽  
Bernhard Leidner ◽  
Silvia Fernandez-Campos
Keyword(s):  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Retributive Justice ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Similar Function ◽  
Total N ◽  
Ingroup Identification

Three experiments (total N = 1,061) examined the morally disengaging function of perspective-taking with ingroup perpetrators in intergroup conflict. In the context of the Iran–U.S. conflict, Americans who strongly identified with their country showed increased perspective-taking with perpetrators, which in turn led to reduced support for retributive justice in response to the perpetration rather than suffering of intergroup violence (Experiment 1; N = 191). Experiment 2 ( N = 294) replicated these findings in the context of the Israel–Syria conflict with Israeli Jews and demonstrated that perspective-taking with ingroup perpetrators serves a similar function as moral disengagement. Experiment 3 ( N = 576) manipulated perpetrator perspective-taking, demonstrating its causal effect on support for retributive justice, again moderated by ingroup identification. The negative implications of understanding perpetrators for addressing intergroup transgressions are discussed.

scholarly journals Virtual reality-based conflict resolution: The impact of immersive 360° video on changing view points and moral judgment in the context of violent intergroup conflict

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 2255-2278
Author(s):  
Béatrice S. Hasler ◽  
Daniel H. Landau ◽  
Yossi Hasson ◽  
Noa Schori-Eyal ◽  
Jonathan Giron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
The Impact

We present an experimental study conducted in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that examined the effect of immersive 360° video on inducing a more critical perception of the ingroup’s actions in the conflict. An immersive experience of a simulated conflict scenario filmed from the outgroup’s point of view led to the judgment of the ingroup actors’ behavior as less moral and less justified compared to watching the same scenario as a two-dimensional video. This effect was not mediated through increased outgroup perspective-taking and empathy but through higher levels of hostile emotions toward the ingroup actors, which in turn were influenced by an increased sense of presence and engagement in the immersive experience. These findings provide initial evidence for the still widely unexplored potential of virtual reality as a new method for conflict resolution.

scholarly journals Testing the impact and durability of a group malleability intervention in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 696-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Goldenberg ◽  
Smadar Cohen-Chen ◽  
J. Parker Goyer ◽  
Carol S. Dweck ◽  
James J. Gross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Impact

Fostering perceptions of group malleability (teaching people that groups are capable of change and improvement) has been shown to lead to short-term improvements in intergroup attitudes and willingness to make concessions in intractable conflicts. The present study, a field intervention involving 508 Israelis from three locations in Israel, replicated and substantially extended those findings by testing the durability of a group malleability intervention during a 6-month period of frequent violence. Three different 5-hour-long interventions were administered as leadership workshops. The group malleability intervention was compared with a neutral coping intervention and, importantly, with a state-of-the-art perspective-taking intervention. The group malleability intervention proved superior to the coping intervention in improving attitudes, hope, and willingness to make concessions, and maintained this advantage during a 6-month period of intense intergroup conflict. Moreover, it was as good as, and in some respects superior to, the perspective-taking intervention. These findings provide a naturalistic examination of the potential of group malleability interventions to increase openness to conflict resolution.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality-based Conflict Resolution: The Impact of Immersive 360° Video on Changing View Points and Moral Judgment in the Context of Violent Intergroup Conflict

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Béatrice Hasler ◽  
Yossi Hasson ◽  
Daniel Landau ◽  
Noa Schori Eyal ◽  
Jonathan Giron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Common Assumption ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Impact

We present an experimental study conducted in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that examined the effect of immersive 360° video on inducing a more critical perception of the ingroup’s actions in the conflict. An immersive experience of a simulated conflict scenario filmed from the outgroup’s point of view led to the judgment of the ingroup actors’ behavior as less moral and less justified compared to watching the same scenario as a two-dimensional video. Contrary to expectation, this effect was not mediated through increased outgroup perspective-taking and empathy, but through higher levels of hostile emotions towards the ingroup actors, which in turn were influenced by an increased sense of presence and engagement in the immersive experience. These findings provide initial evidence for the still widely unexplored potential of virtual reality as a new method for conflict resolution but challenge the common assumption of the empathy-enhancing capacity of virtual reality.

Why do people believe in a zero-sum economy?

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel G. B. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Evolutionary Model ◽  
Everyday Experience ◽  
Coalitional Psychology ◽  
The Face ◽  
Zero Sum

AbstractZero-sum thinking and aversion to trade pervade our society, yet fly in the face of everyday experience and the consensus of economists. Boyer & Petersen's (B&P's) evolutionary model invokes coalitional psychology to explain these puzzling intuitions. I raise several empirical challenges to this explanation, proposing two alternative mechanisms – intuitive mercantilism (assigning value to money rather than goods) and errors in perspective-taking.

Reasons to strike first

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Buckner ◽  
Luke Glowacki
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Small Scale

Abstract De Dreu and Gross predict that attackers will have more difficulty winning conflicts than defenders. As their analysis is presumed to capture the dynamics of decentralized conflict, we consider how their framework compares with ethnographic evidence from small-scale societies, as well as chimpanzee patterns of intergroup conflict. In these contexts, attackers have significantly more success in conflict than predicted by De Dreu and Gross's model. We discuss the possible reasons for this disparity.

Using the research on intergroup conflict in nonhuman animals to help inform patterns of human intergroup conflict

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda R. Ridley ◽  
Melanie O. Mirville
Keyword(s):  
Large Body ◽  
Nonhuman Animal ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Animal Groups ◽  
Interesting Article ◽  
Nonhuman Animals

Abstract There is a large body of research on conflict in nonhuman animal groups that measures the costs and benefits of intergroup conflict, and we suggest that much of this evidence is missing from De Dreu and Gross's interesting article. It is a shame this work has been missed, because it provides evidence for interesting ideas put forward in the article.

Does It Matter How I Say It?

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan S. Chiaburu ◽  
Ann Chunyan Peng ◽  
Linn Van Dyne
Keyword(s):  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Low Levels

We conducted an experiment to examine the effect of how subordinates present ideas (constructive vs. complaining form) on supervisor (receiver) responses (perceptions of subordinate intrusiveness and of overall performance). We demonstrated a joint effect of subordinate idea presentation (manipulated) and supervisor dogmatism (measured) such that supervisors with high levels of dogmatism rated subordinates who presented voice constructively as more intrusive and lower in performance than those with low dogmatism. Supervisor perspective taking mediated these relationships. Our findings highlight the importance of presenting ideas in a constructive form to receivers with low levels of dogmatism.

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