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Using laboratory intergroup conflict and riots as a “stress test”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2022

James M. Allen  and
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James M. Allen
Affiliation:
Department of Psyhology, University College London (UCL), London WC1H 0AP, UK jmallen@cantab.net daniel.richardson@ucl.ac.ukhttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/daniel-richardson/
Daniel C. Richardson
Affiliation:
Department of Psyhology, University College London (UCL), London WC1H 0AP, UK jmallen@cantab.net daniel.richardson@ucl.ac.ukhttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/daniel-richardson/
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Abstract

We apply the author's computational approach to groups to our empirical work studying and modelling riots. We suggest that assigning roles in particular gives insight, and measuring the frequency of bystander behaviour provides a method to understand the dynamic nature of intergroup conflict, allowing social identity to be incorporated into models of riots.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e98
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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