to produce group norms, investigate the development of n-group behaviour including out-group hostility and investigate how friction can be reduced
sample
22 twelve year old boys all from a white middle class protestant background, matched on IQ and sporting ability, screened for problems at home
strength of the sample
ppts were matched, increases validity as individual differences are controlled for
weakness of sample
low population validity, all white 12 year old males from America, can't generalise fidnings to a wider population, reduces the applications of the study
where was it held?
Summer camp at Robbers cavestate park in Oklahoma
what happened in the first week?
boys were split into two groups; eagles and rattlers and completed activities such as hiking and swimming separately
