Chapter 13: Conflict And Conflict Resolution

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Positive sanctions

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recognition and rewards for observing social norms.

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Negative sanctions

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Punishments for offending social norms.

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Informal sanctions

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Rewards and punishments expressed through praise, ridicule, gossip and that alike.

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Formal sanctions

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Rewards and punishments administered by persons of authority, the states and or the law.

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Dominance hierarchies

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In primate groups, social hierarchies established on the basis of sex and age.

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Post-conflict reconciliation

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Patterned behavior that occurs immediately after conflict has erupted and taken its course, to restore some measures of social harmony.

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Conflict avoidance

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Pro-social behaviors such as, recollection, politeness, consolidation or apologies, to repair social relations without aggression.

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Peacemakers

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Individuals with a specialized social role of preventing conflict from erupting into combat.

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Deference

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Non-threating verbal and nonverbal behavior that convey respect or subordination to others.

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Politeness strategies

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Behaviors made to mute antagonisms and avoid overt hostility y affirming common bonds and recognizing another persons rights and feelings.

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Song duels

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Intuit contests in which conflict is expressed and resolved trough public response to music.

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Witchcraft

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A belief system that functions as a mechanism of social control by channeling anger towards others.

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Vengeance

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aggression towards others based on the principal of revenge.

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Blood fued

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Ongoing conflict between kin groups or communities based on vengeance.

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Warfare

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Armed aggression and hostility between groups.