Member of group A who wish to appease group B view members of group A who wish to stand up against group B as troublemakers who will bring about conflict. |
Group A becomes divide by internal conflicts and weakened. | Group B becomes encouraged to make more demands. Group B may become more powerful as a result of concessions of Group A, Group B increases demands on Group A |
| Members of group A rationalize that Group B is justified in their demands and that if they give in to Group B, Group B will become peaceful and stop making demands. |  |
Hostility Group B threatens Group A |
| Group A feels low self esteem about yielding to Group B's threats. | Group A gives in to demands of Group B |
Group A feels fear of Group B |