Social Psychology 310 Argosy University
NEED THIS BY AUGUST 10TH
Reducing Intergroup Conflict
Research suggests a number of strategies to reduce intergroup conflict. To further
explore these strategies, in addition to readings in your text, read the following
article paying particular attention to pages 588 to 593. Hewstone, M., Rubin, M., &
Willis, H. (2002). Intergroup bias. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 575-604.
You are a counselor in a detention center for delinquent adolescent boys. Your
current project is to devise a way to reduce intergroup conflict that has been
escalating between the boys at the center, many of whom were active in local
gangs.
•Discuss in detail the concepts that lead to the intergroup conflict, such as
stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. How have these attitudes and behaviors
created and perpetuated the ongoing conflict?
•Discuss the different strategies to reduce intergroup conflict found in your text and
the Hewstone article.
•Looking back at the course discuss 2 to 3 additional concepts that could be
applied in helping a person overcome these negative attitudes and behaviors.
•Keeping these strategies and concepts in mind, what activities and/or programs
can you create that will help these boys overcome this conflict and learn to work
together, respect each other, and come to see each other’s differences as valuable.
Briefly summarize each program/strategy in 2 to 3 sentences each in preparation
for part 2 of this project.
Answer the above points in a 3- to 4-page paper. Your paper should be doublespaced, typed in 12-point Times New Roman font with normal one-inch margins,
written in APA style, and free of typographical and grammatical errors. It should
include a title page with a running head, an abstract, and a reference page.
Part 2
4 slides will be enough plus title and reference slide 6 total
Create a 4- to 8-slide PowerPoint presentation (not including title and reference
slides) to present to the board of directors for the detention center that will cover
the following:
•A detailed outline of each of the 3 to 4 programs/strategies that you would like to
put into place at the center.
•Discuss for each program/strategy why you believe it will be effective within the
context of your detention center.
