Author Question: Two fishing companies, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, use the same body of water to catch fish. Both ... (Read 108 times)

ENagel · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Two fishing companies, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, use the same body of water to catch fish. Both companies are considering building dams that would allow them to cut off the water supply and prevent the other company from fishing.

Research on the power of threats indicates that if both companies build a dam and gain the ability to prevent the other from fishing,
a. conflict will decrease because each side has equal threat capacity.
b. conflict will increase because each side has equal threat capacity.
c. conflict will increase slightly, but not as much as it would if only one side built a dam and had threat capacity.
d. conflict will increase, but only if communication between the two companies is prevented.

Question 2

When it comes to social dilemmas,

a. an individual who adopts a cooperative strategy will always be more profitable than one who is selfish.
b. the most beneficial course of action for an individual will, if chosen by most people, be harmful to all in the long run.
c. one side always has to win, and one side always has to lose.
d. laboratory studies cannot be useful in understanding the escalation and persistence of group conflicts.