How Would Pyrrho have been Socially Valued? Social Desirability and Social Utility of Conflict Regulation

Mugny and his colleagues have shown that conflict is sometimes detrimental for learning, but other times beneficial, depending on how it is regulated. Yet, it is assumed that laypeople perceive conflict as 'uniformly' negative. We argue that the valence of these lay perceptions depends on...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Sommet, Alain Quiamzade, Fabrizio Butera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2017-07-01
Series:International Review of Social Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.rips-irsp.com/articles/88