3) Explain the Noel and Blauner hypotheses and how they apply to the contact situations covered in this chapter. Explain each of the following key terms: ethnocentrism, competition, power, colonized minority groups, and immigrant minority group. How did group conflict vary when competition was over land instead of labor?
The Noel Hypothesis: A theory about the creation of minority groups that asserts that if two or more groups come together in a contact situation characterized by ethnocentrism, competition, and a differential in power.
Identifies three features of the contact situation that lead to inequality between groups.
Competition, or a struggle for scarce resources differential power or a differential ability to achieve goals in the
The Noel Hypothesis: A theory about the creation of minority groups that asserts that if two or more groups come together in a contact situation characterized by ethnocentrism, competition, and a differential in power.
Identifies three features of the contact situation that lead to inequality between groups.
Competition, or a struggle for scarce resources differential power or a differential ability to achieve goals in the