Sherif- Classic Study Flashcards

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What was the aim of Sherif’s study?

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To test in-group behaviours development to include related out-group hostility (through competition) and how this can be reduced (using a super-ordinate goal).

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Which participants took part in the study?

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22 boys from Oklahoma who were 11 years old

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The participants were similar on

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IQ and sporting ability

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Phase 1 was known as?

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Ingroup formation stage

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What happened in Phase 1?

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The groups were kept separate and were left to bond with tasks like camping

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Phase 2 was known as?

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the friction phase

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What are the results of Phase 1?

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The boys built social norms and hierarchies etc

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Phase 3 was known as?

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Integration phase

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What happened in phase 2?

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The boys took part in a tournament including tug of war baseball and bean counting

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What were the results of phase 2?

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The rattlers and the eagles showed prejudice like name calling scuffles flag burnings and raids

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Did bringing the boys together to watch a film reduce their prejudice in phase 2/3?

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No- they boys showed prejudice making comments like ladies first

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What happened in stage 3 of Sherif?

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The boys were given superordinate goals like fixing the watersupply together so they could access clean water

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What were the results of Phase 3?

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Boys were actively seeking opportunities to mingle entertain and treat each other.

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What percentage change did we see in rattlers who saw eagles as a friend from S2 to S3?

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30pc from 6.4 to 36.4

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Which four research methods were used in the study?

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Tape recordings Observations Sociometric data and tasks like the bean counting

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What are three superordinate goals?

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Fix the water supply Pull the broken down truck Chip in to pay for a movie

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Sherif is not generalisable because

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It is both Androcentric and Ethnocentric because it only uses 22 american boys. This means the results about prejudice caused by competition dont apply to females or other cultures

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Sherif is reliable because

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Yes because there were certain things that were standardised like the tasks and the measures like the tape recordings

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Sherif is not reliable because?

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Much of what happened at the camp couldnt be standardised e.g. extraneous variables in the summer camp making it hard to repeat the same

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What are three strengths for validity of Sherifs study?

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High ecological validity Reduced Demand Characteristics and Triangulation of data

21
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Why is Sherif high in ecological validity?

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The summer camp is a natural setting for the boys so their prejudice behaviour might be like what they would show in real life

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How did this study get triangualtion of data?

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The four measurements of the boys mean the results can be checked against each other giving concurrent validity

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Does this study have an issue with extraneous variables?

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Yes because there are factors in the summer camp beyond the competition/superordinate goals which could effect the boys e.g. interactions with the counsellors

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Does this study have high or low demand characteristics?

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Low Demand Characteristics because the boys didnt know they were being studied about prejudice

25
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Does this study have issues with informed consent?

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Yes because the boys didnt know they were being studied/why their parents had however given some level of consent

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Does this study have an issue with protection from harm?

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Yes because the children got into fights which could have resulted in injuries

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Does this study have issues with withdrawal?

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To some degree some boys did leave because they were homesick but they didnt know they were being studied which means they couldnt leave the study