[Ailist] Naive realism and conflict resolution

[Stephanie West Allen]

Excerpt:

Do you see the world correctly? Is anyone who disagrees with you  
wrong? That view of disagreement is what Professor Lee Ross calls  
naive realism. From "Lee Ross's Lecture on Barriers to Conflict  
Resolution" (The Daily Gazette - Swarthmore):

"Naïve realism is the conviction that one sees the world as it is and  
that when people don’t see it in a similar way, it is they that do  
not see the world for what it is. Ross characterized naïve realism as  
“a dangerous but unavoidable conviction about perception and  
reality”. The danger of naïve realism is that while humans are good  
in recognizing that other people and their opinions have been shaped  
and influenced by their life experiences and particular dogmas, we  
are far less adept at recognizing the influence our own experiences  
and dogmas have on ourselves and opinions. We fail to recognize the  
bias in ourselves that we are so good in picking out in others."

Many conflict resolution experts recommend dialogue as a way of  
overcoming different views of reality. Does Ross?

Rest here:

http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2008/04/minds-locked-ag.html

Stephanie

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Stephanie West Allen, JD
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