PSY 450 Week 5 - Individual Ethnic Group Conflict Paper

PSY 450 Week 5 - Individual Ethnic Group Conflict Paper

Select two ethnic groups that are at war with each other.

Attain faculty approval of your selected groups before beginning this assignment. Use the Electronic Reserve Readings (ERR) for this course, the University Library, or other resources to locate at least 4 articles concerning these issues. Please use research articles with authors and websites that meet the UOP criteria for websites (official versus non-official – if you have doubts, please ask).

Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper examining the similarities and differences between your selected ethnic groups. As a part of your examination, address the following items:

Discuss the concept of conformity and how it relates to your selected ethnic groups.

Explain the relationship between social perception and social cognition, and how these concepts apply to your selected ethnic groups.

Discuss the social perceptions that will need to be addressed in order to resolve the conflict between your selected ethnic groups.