Reicher and Haslam
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- Reicher and Haslam
- Aim
- Analyse conditions that lead individuals to identify with their group and accept or challenge intergroup inequalities
- Participants
- 15 males
- 5 Guards
- 10 Prisoners
- 15 males
- Conclusion
- Individuals only identify with a group when it makes sense to do so
- Method
- Day 3 - A prisoner was promoted to guard
- Day 6 - They are now told that allocation to groups was random
- Day 7 - A new prisoner was introduced because of his experience as a trade-union official
- Daily psychometric testing and swabs of saliva to test for stress
- Guards had better living quarters, uniforms, superior food, snacks, and extra drinks
- Prisoners could get snacks of cigarettes as rewards. They had their heads shaved, had a t-shirt trousers and sandals. They were only given the rules.
- Findings
- Compliance with rules breakdown after day 5. They then established a self-governing, self disciplining commune.
- Prisoners had more social identification than the prisoners after they were told that allocation was random
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