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AP Psychology 3.4 Social Psychology. Which statement best describes what Sherif learned through the Robbers Cave experiment?

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00:04

Here's your shmoop du jour brought to

00:05

you by the wilderness the only place other than soldier field where you can [Man in a forest and bear appears]

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potentially be mauled by a bear which statement best describes what Sherif

00:16

learned through the Robbers Cave experiment and here are the potential answers

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Well in his robbers cave

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experiment social psychologist Muzaffer Sherif took two groups of 11 [Young boys in the wilderness]

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and 12 year old boys out into the wilderness and pitted them against each

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other in a series of conflict inducing scenarios and yeah it's amazing what you [Sherif watches kids fighting inside a box]

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can get away with under the guise of science the robbers cave experiment was

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divided into three stages the first involved the two groups being entirely

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separated and unaware of one another this was the bonding phase sunshine and [Boys bonding in sunshine]

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daisies think of it like the calm before the storm the pleasant part of the

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camping trip before the crazed serial killer arrives in a hockey mask to ruin [Boys by campfire and man in hockey mask appears]

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the fun but instead of a serial killer it was another group of 12 year old boys

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who arrived which depending on who you ask my sound even scarier than a serial [A second group of boys appear behind the trees[

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killer in a hockey mask... The second stage was the friction stage this is when the

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two groups of boys were entered into various competitive events with one

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another with the researchers offering prizes to the winner this stage was key [Boy holding trophy and other boy on the floor]

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to the research in that it showed the way in which the two groups developed

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negative attitudes towards each other when asked to describe themselves the

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boys tended to describe their in-group in favourable ways and the out group in

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unfavorable ways...What our question is concerned with however is the third

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stage this was the integration stage where Sherif wanted to see what it took [Boy attempting to fight and Sherif holding him back]

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to eliminate the friction he and his fellow researchers had intentionally created

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well at first they tried mirror exposure therapy that is they wondered if simply

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having the two groups spend time together would eliminate the tension [Boys sat at the table with Sherif]

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This didn't work and it wasn't until the two groups were tasked with working

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together towards shared common goals the tension dissipated so answer C is the

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correct one here tune in next time to hear about supervillain Sherif's next

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social experiment in which he brings the two groups of twelve-year-old boys back

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to the wilderness this time in an all-out fight to the death [Boys playing video game]

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