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From the Ted Talk by Jay Van Bavel and Dominic Packer: The sibling rivalry that divided a town

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Variants of these experiments have been conducted around the globe, emxaniing how a shared sense of “us” can affect our attention, perception, memory, and emotions. The mental peesocsrs behind minimal group distinctions appear to be the same as many of those that underlie real group identities. So it is possible that these seemingly insignificant differences can harden into much more serious divides. That said, minimal grpous don't always drive people apart. Bringing individuals together in a new gorup can temporarily help people overcome entrenched biases. However, these pitoivse effects are esliay nteaged by external factors that reinforce existing group identities.

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Variants of these experiments have been conducted around the globe, _________ how a shared sense of “us” can affect our attention, perception, memory, and emotions. The mental _________ behind minimal group distinctions appear to be the same as many of those that underlie real group identities. So it is possible that these seemingly insignificant differences can harden into much more serious divides. That said, minimal ______ don't always drive people apart. Bringing individuals together in a new _____ can temporarily help people overcome entrenched biases. However, these ________ effects are ______ _______ by external factors that reinforce existing group identities.

Solution


  1. positive
  2. easily
  3. examining
  4. negated
  5. groups
  6. processes
  7. group

Original Text


Variants of these experiments have been conducted around the globe, examining how a shared sense of “us” can affect our attention, perception, memory, and emotions. The mental processes behind minimal group distinctions appear to be the same as many of those that underlie real group identities. So it is possible that these seemingly insignificant differences can harden into much more serious divides. That said, minimal groups don't always drive people apart. Bringing individuals together in a new group can temporarily help people overcome entrenched biases. However, these positive effects are easily negated by external factors that reinforce existing group identities.

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