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The important fundamental dissociative social Intermittent process- they know each other.
process is competition. It is a contest among
Conflict is based on violence- sometimes, conflict
individuals or groups to acquire something
takes the form of violence.
which has a limited supply or insufficient in
quantity and not easily available. Derived social processes
Features of Competition A. Accommodation
- Universal Process - adjustment of hostile individuals or
- It is most universal social process present groups.
in all societies. - process of establishing temporary
- Continuous Process agreements, compromises, or
- Competition is a continuous process as it negotiations among group members to
never comes to an end. If one process of be able to work for a period without
competition ends, then another process friction.
of competition stands there. - The actual act of working together
among individuals or groups despite
Unconscious Process
differences or latent hostility.
The individuals or the groups who are involved in - The end of conflict directs the way for
the process of competition do not bother about accommodation.
themselves, they are primarily concerned with
Different forms of accommodation:
the achievement of goals or rewards.
Yielding to Coercion - Most of hostile individuals
Impersonal Process
or groups yield to physical or power exhibit the
Those who take part in the competition do not spirit of accommodation to end a conflict.
know one another at all. They do not compete on
Compromise - This is based on the principle of
personal level.
giving and take. Here the involved parties must
Always governed by norms make some sacrifices voluntarily for each other.
D. Acculturation