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dc.contributor.authorSammut, Gordon
dc.contributor.authorBezzina, Frank
dc.contributor.authorSartawi, Mohammad
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-19T07:19:26Z
dc.date.available2017-05-19T07:19:26Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationSammut, G., Bezzina, F., & Sartawi. M. (2015). The spiral of conflict : naive realism and the black sheep effect in attributions of knowledge and ignorance. Peace and Conflict, Journal of Peace Psychology, 21(2), 289-294.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19235
dc.description.abstractNaive realism research has demonstrated the fact that individuals deprecate alternative perspectives to preserve their own. With reference to an outgroup, this bias may be compounded by ethnocentrism. We present an operationalized measure of naive realism in terms of attributions of knowledge and ignorance. We hypothesized that respondents would make higher attributions of knowledge to those who agree with them than those who disagree with them (naive realism). We further hypothesized that respondents would attribute more knowledge to their ingroup than to an outgroup (ethnocentrism). Findings confirmed our hypotheses except for a black sheep effect marking higher attributions of knowledge to the outgroup with whom respondents disagreed relative to the ingroup. These findings demonstrate that social cognition is biased toward being more divisive and exclusive than open and inclusive. We suggest that overcoming the epistemic challenge may thus need to be the first step in conflict resolution attempts that successfully avoid the spiral of conflict.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessen_GB
dc.subjectAttribution (Social psychology) -- Malta -- Case studiesen_GB
dc.subjectEthnocentrismen_GB
dc.subjectIntersubjectivityen_GB
dc.titleThe spiral of conflict : naive realism and the black sheep effect in attributions of knowledge and ignoranceen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/pac0000098
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