Conflict can be reduced in all of the following ways except __________. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Conflict can be reduced by setting superordinate goals that encourage people to cooperate, learning strategies for decreasing conflict, and avoiding social traps that worsen disagreements. Escalating conflict increases hostility rather than reducing it, even if the goal is to experience diversity. Therefore, the exception is “escalating conflict in order to experience diversity.”

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