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The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processesreviewed 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 Search for book at Amazon.com 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.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Max Birnbaum
Boston University, Massachusetts
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