This is a compulsory theory so everyone learns it and the Examiner will expect you to know it in detail. While the Exam could ask general questions about the theory's ideas or evaluation, it could also ask specific questions, like, How does Realistic Conflict explain genocide? or, What explanations does Realistic Conflict give of sexism? or, What makes Realistic Conflict Theory useful (or useless) in the real world? Make sure you can explain the STRENGTHS of this theory as well as the weaknesses.
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SHERIF (1966)
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RESEARCH INTO REALISTIC CONFLICT THEORY
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APPLYING REALISTIC CONFLICT THEORY (AO2)
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EVALUATING REALISTIC CONFLICT THEORY (AO3)
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Allport’s Contact Hypothesis applies here, because prejudice will be reduced if group members get to mingle freely with the outgroup and question their own stereotypes.
It is important that leaders and authority figures support this mingling. This is the base of multicultural education that brings children into contact with other children of different ethnicity. Schools often have days where they celebrate the religion, food and dress of minorities. |
EXEMPLAR ESSAY
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