Classic and Contemporary study

Question 1

What is the APFC for Robber’s cave?

Answer 1

Sherif
Aim- Ingroup formation, prejudice
Sample-Robber’s cave, 22, 11-year-old, white, protestant, boys of similar IQ
Phases, Ingroup formation, Friction, integration
Ingroup formation- team building games and activities, bond formed, teams chose their team names
Friction phase- Two groups meet. Competition/ games between two teams for resources such as food and movies begin
Integration phase- Activities were done with superordinate goals (goals which could benefit both groups) such as, fixing a water pipe for hot water, and helping a truck out of a ditch in order to watch movies
Results- Physical, Verbal, violence, raids, flags
Conclusion- Proved Realistic conflict theory

Question 2

What is the contemporary study?

Answer 2

Sample, men diverse age, race, social class
Aim- Conformity, social roles
Reicher and Haslam- 3-stage process,Impermeability, Promotion, cognitive alternative
Day 1- Impermeable, groups could move, roles, change, Guard, group identity
Day 2- Promotion, Groups fixed, Prisoners, group identity, behaviour, nuisance
Day 3 and 4, N/A
Day 5- Mcabe, communne, alternative, communication
Day 6- Removed, operation mayhem, commune collapses, Bisom
Day 7- Bisom ,Tyrannical
Day 8- study cancelled
Obtained data using cameras, questionnaires, cortisol!!!
Result in method
Conclusion - People, readily, extreme, no social order

Question 3

Evaluate the contemporary study

Answer 3

Reicher and Haslam
Sample 15 men of diverse age, race, and social class
Method Standardised procedure with 3 planned interventions
Method Triangulated data collection used 3 types of data collection. Questionnaires, Videos, cortisol swabs
Conclusion The study concluded that people will readily accept extreme solutions made by others if there’s no social structure
Conclusion The study has a high amount of internal validity and reliability however, the study was conducted in an artificial environment so there was lowered external validity

Question 4

Evaluate the classic study

Answer 4

Robber’s Cave Study
Sample The sample was 11-year-old, middle-class protestant boys The sample was ethnocentric, the conclusions of the study cannot be applied to people of other races
The sample was androcentric, and the conclusions of the study cannot be applied to women, women may have different causes of prejudice
Method The boys had shown prejudicial behaviours before the friction phase (Competitions) This lowers the reliability of the study as this disapproves the idea that prejudice is due to limited resources
Method The boys had indicated that they knew they ere being recorded This could have led to demand characteristics which could’ve lowered the internal validity and reliability of the experiment.
Results The study concluded that conflict had occurred due to limited resources This has application to racial prejudice
Conclusion The study had a good methodology and procedure however the study had a low reliability