Ethnic Group Conflict
Ethnic Group Conflict
Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology PSY/450
January 5, 2012
Cultural clashes, global wars, international misunderstandings, and ethnic conflicts have been occurring for decades. As early as the 1940s, constant hostility within the Middle East has resulted in suffering to human rights, education, and family structure (Huntington, Fronk & Chadwick, 2001). Culture seems to be implicated as the major contributor to conflict. The increasing modernization is strongly intertwined in this process, as it challenges traditional ideas, conservative values, and educational obstacles. How and why ethnic group conflicts occur will be illustrated in this paper by comparing and examining two ethnic groups at war. The concept of conformity and its relations to the ethnic groups will be explained as well as the kinship between social perception and social cognition. In addition, the necessary social perceptions for the resolution of the conflict will be discussed.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Ethnic conflicts are hostile feuds occurring between groups within a specific country and very often involve cultural reservoirs. Cultural reservoirs refer to the collection of benevolence and comprehension that develops out of the same beliefs, perceptions, values, historical encounters, and many others. When dissent takes place between cultural groups, cultural reservoirs play a crucial role in how the controversies are solved and surely, play a meaningful part in the Israeli-Palestinian clash. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict originated out of an uncontrolled hostile prejudice against Jews throughout most of Europe, and reached the highest point during the Nazi era in Germany. The destruction and expulsion of Jews out of Jerusalem is another reason the Jews began to look for a new homeland. The misfortune of the Jewish community in Europe adds to the Palestinian hardship for both ethnic groups left to feel powerless. The Jews and
Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology PSY/450
January 5, 2012
Cultural clashes, global wars, international misunderstandings, and ethnic conflicts have been occurring for decades. As early as the 1940s, constant hostility within the Middle East has resulted in suffering to human rights, education, and family structure (Huntington, Fronk & Chadwick, 2001). Culture seems to be implicated as the major contributor to conflict. The increasing modernization is strongly intertwined in this process, as it challenges traditional ideas, conservative values, and educational obstacles. How and why ethnic group conflicts occur will be illustrated in this paper by comparing and examining two ethnic groups at war. The concept of conformity and its relations to the ethnic groups will be explained as well as the kinship between social perception and social cognition. In addition, the necessary social perceptions for the resolution of the conflict will be discussed.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Ethnic conflicts are hostile feuds occurring between groups within a specific country and very often involve cultural reservoirs. Cultural reservoirs refer to the collection of benevolence and comprehension that develops out of the same beliefs, perceptions, values, historical encounters, and many others. When dissent takes place between cultural groups, cultural reservoirs play a crucial role in how the controversies are solved and surely, play a meaningful part in the Israeli-Palestinian clash. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict originated out of an uncontrolled hostile prejudice against Jews throughout most of Europe, and reached the highest point during the Nazi era in Germany. The destruction and expulsion of Jews out of Jerusalem is another reason the Jews began to look for a new homeland. The misfortune of the Jewish community in Europe adds to the Palestinian hardship for both ethnic groups left to feel powerless. The Jews and
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