robbers cave experiment

Question 1

what was aim of the robbers cave experiment

Answer 1

to look at how conflict developed between groups

Question 2

what was the hypothesis for the robbers cave experiment

Answer 2

intergroup conflict occurs when two groups are in comeptition for limited resources

Question 3

what was the sampling method

Answer 3

• the sample consisted of of 22 white male boy who were aged aorund 12 and all came form the same background.
• there were 3 phases to the experiment: int group formation, intergroup conflict and conflict reduction

Question 4

describe ehat happened in the in group formation phase (phase 1)

Answer 4

the groups were matched into groups based on personality, IQ, sports, skills and interests. there were two groups (eagles and rattlers), in these groups over the first week they will particiapte in group binding activites that will build cooperation

Question 5

describe what happened in the intergroup formation

Answer 5

druing this stage the two groups were bought into contact with eachother and competeted in challenges such as tug of war where they competed for parts of territoiry. this stage was designed to bring the grooups into comeptition with eachother. At first prejudice was only expressed through name calling and taunting, but as the weeks went on the prejudice becameexpressed in more physical ways e.g. the boys trashed eachothers dorm room

Question 6

describe what happened in the conflict reduction phase of the study

Answer 6

this phase aimed to redcue conflict and lower violence ebtween groups. They beleived that superodinate goals would do this. e.g. movie night