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A01 Flashcards

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1
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What was the aim of the study?

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To find out what factors make two groups of people develop hostile relationships and then to see how this hostility can be reduced. Specifically, to see if the two groups of boys can be manipulated into conflict through competition and then conflict resolution by working together.

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Aim=To find out what _____ make ___ groups of people develop _______ relationships and then to see how this _____ can be reduced. Specifically, to see if the two groups of ____ can be __________ into ______ through __________ and then ______ resolution by _______ ________.

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Aim=To find out what factors make two groups of people develop hostile relationships and then to see how this hostility can be reduced. Specifically, to see if the two groups of boys can be manipulated into conflict through competition and then conflict resolution by working together.

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What year did the study take place?

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1954

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Who carried out the study?

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Sherif ET AL

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How many stages did the experiment have?

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3

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Name the three phases of the experiment

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In-group formation
friction phase
integration phase

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Where did the study take place?

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Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma

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What names did the boys call their camps/groups?

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The Rattlers

The Eagles

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How many boys attended the camp?

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24

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How old were the boys who attended the camp?

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11 years old

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Why did some of the PTs leave the camp?

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Home sickness

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What kind of Backgrounds did the boys have?

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White, Protestant two parent families from Oklahoma

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What did the boys have in common?

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They all had high IQ’S and were in groups of similar sporting ability.

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14
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How many boys left the study?

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2

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How did the boys arrive?

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On separate buses

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How long did In-group Formation Phase (1) last?

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A week , 7 days

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Who lived with the boys?

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Junior camp counselors, collage students earning money over the summer.

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18
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What Phase did the groups do things such as treasure hunts with prizes and other bounding activities?

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In group Formation (phase 1)

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19
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Put these in order…
A)Friction phase
B)Integration phase
C)In group formation

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C,A,B

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What stage was the friction phase?

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second

21
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What did the friction phase involve?

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A tournament between the two groups, this involved sports like baseball, tug-of-war and scavenger hunt bu also experimental tests like bean counting competitions.

22
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What was promised as a prize for winning the tournament during the friction phase?

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a trophy was promised for the winners along with prizes like knives and medals

23
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What was given to the losers of the tournament in the friction phase?

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nothing

24
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What was the last phase called?

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Integration phase

25
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What did Sherif want to do during the Integration phase?

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Bring the two groups together

26
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What did Sherif try first in the Integration phase?

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“Mere-contact”

27
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What was “mere-contact”?

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Allowing the groups to have dinners together and watch films together.

28
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Why did “mere-contact” fail?

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They had verbal confrontations (name-calling) and had food-fights

29
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What approach did Sherif try when “mere-contact” failed?

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“superordinate goals”

30
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What “superordinate Goals” did Sherif make the boys complete?

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  • Unblocking of the water pipe
  • picking movies
  • cooperating to pull a broken-down truck
  • pitching tents with missing parts
31
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What did Sherif find that the boys required little encouragement to do?

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Be Competitive

32
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When the boys found out about each other what did they want?

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To have a Baseball tournament

33
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What started Immediately at the Baseball game?

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Name-calling

34
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What did the Eagles do to the Rattler’s flag? And what did the rattlers do In response the first time?

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Burnt the flag.

Rattlers did the same

35
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What did the rattlers do after the second time their flag was burnt?

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They did a night raid on the Eagles cabins, stealing comics and over turning beds etc

36
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What did the Eagles do in retaliation to the Rattlers raid?

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Launched their own raid but brought bats for maximum destruction

37
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What did the rattlers do when the Eagles won the tournament?

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They stole the prizes of medals and knives

38
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Why did the Camp counsellors have to intervene?

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Because the two sides met for a fight

39
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What did the boys meeting for a fight end?

A

The friction phase

40
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What % of the rattlers has out-group friendships at the end of the friction phase?

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6.4%

41
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What % of the Eagles has out-group friendships at the end of the friction phase?

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7.7%

42
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What % of the rattlers has out-group friendships at the end of the integration phase?

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36.4%

43
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What % of the Eagles has out-group friendships at the end of the integration phase?

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23.2%

44
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By the end of the integration phase what did the rattlers do?

A

Shared their $5 they had won to buy soft drinks for Everyone

45
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CONCLUSIONS :

What did sherif suggests about “mere presence”

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It didn’t reduce out group hostility

46
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CONCLUSIONS :

What did sherif say formed quickly

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hierarchies and leaders (without any encouragement from adults)

47
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CONCLUSIONS :

What did sherif suggests happens when groups meet in competitive situations?

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In-group solidarity increases and so does outgroup hostility

48
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CONCLUSIONS :

What did sherif conclude reduced friction?

A

Working towards “Superordinate goals”

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