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The Robbers Cave Experiment
1954
Overview
Background
The study
Methods
Understanding
Reliability
Ethical Problems.
Background
Muzater Sherif
Social Psychologist
The Study
He is important in understanding the psychological of groups and its members.
His contribution to psychology is known as The Realistic Conflict Theory
A field experiment involving two
groups of twelve year old boys.
All boys were unknown to each other
White middle class
Two-parent protestant background
Each group was an equal balance of physical,mental
and social talents
Stage Three
Co-operation
Resolving conflict
Stage One
In-group formation
Shared goals
Group Bonding
Stage Two
(Mcleon,2008,not paginated)
Team Building
Competitive activities
Conflict
Friction
Tension
The Rattles
The Eagles
Verbal abuse
Vandalism
Theft
(Rice,2013,not paginated)
Violence
Methods
Understanding
Confirms Sherif's Realistic Conflict Theory
Quantitative
Sociometric Analysis
Reduce outward bias,prejudice and discrimination
Socialize with other groups
Work towards a common cause together
Qualitative
Interviews
Quantitative + Qualitative =
A sharper study
Tape Recordings
Ethical Problems
The participants were manipulated
Evaluation
The participants were deceived
Reliability and Validity
The study was artificial
The participants were not protected
against physical or psychological
harm
Mimics conflict across the world
"Conflict is competition"
The sample was bias
(Rice,2013,not paginated)
Competition for scare resources (eg. jobs and land) = a rise in hostility
The researchers were the third group
High ecological validity
(Mcleon,2008,not paginated)
(sociallypsched.org,2014,not paginated)
Bibliography
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3rd December 2015)
Bennett,B. (2013) Robbers Cave Experiment. [Online] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QGNxRGgBw (Accessed 3rd December 2015)
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Mcneil, E.B (1962) Waging experimental war:a review. Journal of Conflict Resolution,6(1),pp.77-81
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