Sherif et al- robbers cave description

Aim:

To investigate relations between groups, specifically to see whether strangers caught together into a group with common goals will form a close group, and to see whether two such groups brought into contact and competition will become hostile towards each other.

Procedure:

22 12-year-old middle-class, protestant, American, boys.

1. In-group formation:

5 days group tasks took place to allow the two groups to bond in their groups, they were each given a name, the eagles and the rattlers.

2. In-group relations, The friction phase:

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