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The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes

reviewed by Max Birnbaum � 1974

Title: The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes
Author(s): Morton Deutsch
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
ISBN: , Pages: 420, Year: 1974
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Morton Deutsch is professor of psychology and education and director of the social psychology laboratory at Teachers College, Columbia University. The Resolution of Conflict is the publication of Deutsch's Carl Hovland Memorial Lectures, Yale University's prestigious platform for psychologists of the first magnitude. Titles of the theoretical essays that comprise the first half of the book clearly indicate concern with matters of prime importance to schools: "Cooperative and Competitive Processes," "Group Formation," "Inter-group Conflict," "Threats," "Promises and Influence," and "Trust and Suspicion." The research papers, which make up the second half of the volume, also bear directly on vital school problems: "Experimental Studies of Trust and Suspicion," "Effects of Threat and Communication Upon Interpersonal Bargaining: Initial Studies," and "Strategies of Inducing Cooperation: Experimental Studies." The sole chapter omitted from this list of research papers, as perhaps too far afield from the practical concerns of either teacher or administrator, is "Intra-psychic Conflict," and strong arguments can be offered for its inclusion. Finally, the concluding essay in Deutsch's volume, "Factors Influencing the... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

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Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 76 Number 1, 1974, p. 160-161
http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 1378, Date Accessed: 4/23/2018 9:06:03 PM

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