The Riverside Community Centre and the Hillview Community Centre have shared local facilities peacefully for years. Recently, the local council announced a single £10,000 modernization grant, stating that only one centre could receive it. Since the announcement, members of both centres have started displaying active hostility, shouting insults at each other and tearing down the rival group's promotional posters.
Using your knowledge of Social Psychology, explain one strength and one weakness of realistic conflict theory as an explanation of the behaviour of the community centre members.
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