Everyone knows what conflict is. Each person faced a situation of aggravation of relations with other people. Social conflicts - a concept that characterizes the situation of acute relevant contradictions. With this aggravation of relations, interests and beliefs collide, which is due to various reasons. Consider what are the components, varieties and functions of social conflicts.
The concept and types of social conflicts
A social conflict always contains a moment of collision, that is, there is a certain discrepancy, a contradiction of interests and positions of the parties. Opposing opinions are the subjects of the conflict - the warring parties. They seek to overcome the contradiction in one way or another, while each side wants to prevent the other from realizing its interests. The concept of conflict in social psychology extends not only to social groups. Depending on the subject, conflicts are distinguished:
- intrapersonal;
- interpersonal
- intergroup.
Also included in social conflicts is the concept of internal content, regarding which contradictions can be rational and emotional. In the first case, the confrontation is based on the sphere of the rational. It usually involves the processing of social and managerial structures, as well as liberation from unnecessary forms of cultural interaction. Emotional conflicts are characterized by a strong affective aspect, often aggression and the transfer of appropriate reactions to subjects. Such a conflict is more difficult to resolve, because it affects the sphere of the personal and can hardly be settled in rational ways.
Intergroup social conflicts: concept and functions
Social psychology considers mainly intergroup conflicts, which can be divided into:
- socio-economic;
- interethnic;
- Ethnic
- ideological;
- political;
- religious;
- military.
Each conflict has a dynamics, in accordance with this intergroup clashes can occur spontaneously, planned, short or long, they can be controlled and uncontrollable, provoked or proactive.
Conflicts cannot be viewed only from a negative point of view. The positive functions are to accelerate the process of self-awareness, the establishment of certain values, the discharge of emotional tension, etc. Social conflict indicates a problem that needs to be solved, which cannot be simply closed eyes. Thus, the clash contributes to the regulation of social relationships.
Ways to Get Out of Conflict
How can social conflicts be resolved? The concept of a way out of them is characterized by the end of the confrontation by various methods. Allocate:
- rivalry - upholding one's convictions to the last;
- adaptation - the adoption of a foreign point of view to the detriment of one's own;
- avoidance - avoiding a conflict by any means;
- compromise - willingness to make concessions to resolve the situation;
- cooperation - the search for a solution that satisfies the interests of all parties to the conflict.
The latter method is the most constructive and desirable.