Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Sherif Description
- The aim was to test the idea that if you
create and in- group/out-group situation
and then creating conflict between them
- Prejudice will arise
- 22 boys stayed at the robber's cave state
park camp in Oklahoma for 3 weeks and
were randomly divided into 2 groups
'Rattlers' and 'Eagles'
- For the first week the
groups did not know
about eachother
- and when they discoered
eachother, they felt that the
other was invading their
territory
- Conflict was then introduced by
having a tournament which led
to loyalty to the in group and
hostility to the out group
- Each group thought the others
were "sneaks, smart alecks and
stinkers" whilst their own members
were "brave, tough and friendly"
- Then Sherif organised
superordinate goals where the boys
had to work together to overcome
problems
- Firstly the camp water supply
failed, forcing them to cooperate
to fix it getting on better in the
process
- Secondly a truck got
stuck in the mud and they
all had to pull it out,
forcing them to
cooperate
- In the hostility phase 93% had friends
in their own group, however after the
cooperation phase 30% had friends
between the 2 groups
- This shows the
reduction in
prejudice