TOLERATION This occurs when both parties

realize that a settlement of conflict is impossible.

ASSIMILATION refers to the process of

interpenetration and fusion in which persons and groups acquire the memories, sentiments and attitudes of other persons or groups and by sharing their experiences and history, which are incorporated with them in cultural life (Ogburn & Nimkoff, 1970).

ACCULTURATION is a process and effect of significant

change through mutual borrowings and adoptions by people of different cultures in contact with some continuity (Reynolds, 1971).

2. Disjunctive Social Processes

CONFLICT occurs when two goals with equal

importance (resources and opportunities) are scarce.

COSER (1968) Conflict is a “struggle over values or

claims to status, power and scarce resources in which the claims of the conflicting parties are not only to give the desired values but also to neutralize, injure or eliminate rivals”.

SIMMEL classified Conflict into four:

1) WAR - A destructive and violent way to settle conflicts and disputes, this is resorted to by men when they have tensions and economic, demographic and technological differences.

2) FEUD – This conflict is rampant among clans, fraternities and politics; it is triggered by feelings of bitterness between parties or groups.

3) LITIGATION OR LEGAL BATTLE - This occurs when conflict between individuals or groups can no longer be resolved amicably so it is taken to the courts when a judge resides on a merits of the case.

4) CONFLICT OF IMPERSONAL IDEALS - This is carried on by individuals or groups for a principle or an ideal not for personal benefit but for the group or society’s well being.

Albitration - is often used to settle labor disputes.

COMPROMISE occurs when the conflicting parties

agree to settle for less than their demand objectives.

COMPETITION is a form of opposition or struggle

to secure reward or a material object, position, leadership, prestige or power

(Panopio, et. al., 1994).

TWO KINDS OF COMPETITION

1) Personal Competition - this involves direct and face-to-face contact. Individuals or groups may employ baried strategies to excel in their fields of specialization to be superior to others .

2) Impersonal Competition - this refers to individuals or groups or business entities struggling, not directly aware of each other’s presence.

SOCIAL PROCESSES:THEIR INTERRELETIONSHIPS

Conjunctive social processes and disjunctive social processes are interrelated.

Cooperation exists side by side with competition.

Conflict, on the other hand, uses accomodation as a condition and as a process.