Sherif -Robbers cave

• aim

  explore how competition between groups can lead to stereotyping and prejudiced attitudes towards an outgroup
• lab or field experiment

  field experiment
• sample


  22 middle class, protestant, 11 year old boys from Oklahoma

  none of them knew each other prior to camp
• procedure 


  boys split into 2 groups of equal ability, IQ etc
• what kind of data was produced?

  Quantitative and qualitative data.
• what were the stages called?

  1. group formation
  2. friction
  3. reducing friction
• what were the names of the two groups?

  the rattlers and the eagles
• what superordinate goals were used?

  mending a broken water pipe

  starting a broken down truck