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Psych 241 – Methods Lab section 03

Psych 241 – Methods Lab section 03. TuTh – 4:00-5:15. Survey Paper. Any questions ? I will collect them at the end of class in exchange for your exam and quiz. Attenuating the Cost of Victim Beliefs in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Levi Adelman. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

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Psych 241 – Methods Lab section 03

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  1. Psych 241 – MethodsLab section 03 TuTh – 4:00-5:15

  2. Survey Paper • Any questions? • I will collect them at the end of class in exchange for your exam and quiz.

  3. Attenuating the Cost of Victim Beliefs in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Levi Adelman

  4. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict • The roots of the conflict start in the early 20th century • The conflict has been violent • The conflict has the attributes of an intractable conflict (Rouhana & Bar-Tal, 1998) • Totality, Protractedness, Centrality, Violence, Irreconciliability

  5. Why is it so intractable? • What makes this such a difficult conflict to resolve? • One explanation for this comes from the literature on victim beliefs. • Victim beliefs are the beliefs held by a member of a victimized group about their victimization. These beliefs can have significant effects on behavior. (Rouhana & Bar-Tal, 1998; Vollhardt, 2009)

  6. Victim Beliefs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict • Both groups see themselves as being the victims. • For both groups, the victimization has been protracted and continuous • Both groups see themselves as victimized by many groups

  7. Competitive Victimhood • An outcome of these victim beliefs can be competitive victimhood • Competitive victimhood is the belief that one’s own group has suffered more than other groups (Noor, Brown, & Prentice, 2008; Noor, Schnabel, Halabi, & Nadler, 2012) • This can lead to devaluing or ignoring the suffering of other groups, even those unrelated to the original suffering (Wohl & Branscombe, 2008)

  8. Need Based Model of Reconciliation • Competitive victimhood can get in the way of reconciliation • Need based model of reconciliation proposes that whereas perpetrators desire to be liked in reconciliation, victims desire to be empowered or respected

  9. The current situation • Taking us back to the current situation • Both groups perceive themselves as victims and through competitive victimhood are less willing to recognize the victimhood of the other group • Since both groups see themselves as victim, they will both want to be respected in a reconciliation

  10. The crux of the problem • Both groups perceive themselves as the victim, to the exclusion of the other group • Both groups desire respect from the other, which includes respecting their victimization, in any reconciliation • So what can we do about this?

  11. Understanding competitive victimhood • What motivates competitive victimhood? • Competition for the status of victim is connected to moral, symbolic, and realistic benefits. • The actions of a victim are more defensible, they have greater claim to reparation and resources etc.

  12. More competitive victimhood • What fears might be associated with why a group would persist in seeing their group as the primary victim? • In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where themes often revolve around existence, it may be a realistic threat to the group’s existence

  13. Understanding the Fear • Previous research suggests many fears as being central to the conflict • Fear for continued existence • Fears for general support • Fears of losing one’s identity • Fears of losing positive identity with the self • However I am unsure which of these fears is most central psychologically in this conflict.

  14. Questions • What are the main fears that Israelis and Palestinians have about recognizing the other as victim? • Do Palestinian fears about Israel ‘winning’ the victim competition match Israeli beliefs about what the ‘winner’ deserves (and vice-versa)?

  15. Hypotheses • When I threaten competitive victimhood, threat will increase • The more threat they feel, the more they will engage in competitive victimhood • The more competitive victimhood they have, the less likely they will be to engage in conflict resolution

  16. Participants • Online survey given to a representative sample of 200 Jewish Israelis

  17. Materials • Three randomly assigned articles: • Acknowledgement • Non-Acknowledgement • Delegitimization • Measures: Threat (World, Israelis, Palestinians, Identity); Competitive Victimhood; Conflict Resolution • Moderators: Justice Beliefs; Glorification

  18. Model of Study

  19. Future Directions • Once we identify the threats driving competitive victimhood, can we alleviate them in future studies and see if that leads to increased conflict resolution?

  20. What it all means • This finding will create a model for finding solutions to otherwise intractable conflicts • This model should be able to be applied to intractable conflicts worldwide

  21. Homework. • Jury simulation project proposal due on Tuesday! • Get into your groups and start working on it now, and ask me any questions that you have.

  22. Jury Simulation Project Proposal • Jury simulation project proposal due on Tuesday! • Get into your groups and start working on it now, and ask me any questions that you have.

  23. Contact Information • ladelman@psych.umass.edu • Tobin 626 • Office hour: Tuesdays from 1-2pm

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