Sherif - Robber's Cave Study

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

• What factors make 2 groups develop hostile relationships and how it can be reduced
• If manipulated into conflict through competition and conflict resolution by working together

Question 2

IV and DV

Answer 2

IV: - REPEATED MEASURES DESIGN
DV: - Friction phase (questionnaire), Intergration phase (questionnaire) and Ingroup information (observe, filming, tape recording)

Question 3

Sample

Answer 3

• FIELD EXPERIMENT
• Boys arrived unaware of the others
• COVERT OBSERVATION: Senior camp councelors were psychologists acting

Question 4

Sample - stages

Answer 4

-S1: Intergroup information - creating relationships
-S2: Friction phase - argument occured; burning flags, name calling, physical fights
-S3: Intergration phase - superordinate goals to amend relations

Question 5

Results

Answer 5

Outgroup friendship at the end of friction phase = R- 6.4% E- 7.7%
Outgroup friendship at the end of intergration phase = R- 36.4% E- 23.2%

Question 6

Conclusion

Answer 6

• When groups meet in competitive situations, ingroup solidarity increases as does outgroup hostility
• Friciton is reduced by superordinate goals such as pulling out the food truck from a ditch

Question 7

Generalisability

Answer 7

• ETHOCENTRIC (White, american, western culture)
• Time locked, ethical issues

Question 8

Reliability

Answer 8

• **Replicated 3 **times but got different results - can’t replicate due to ethicsl reasons
• Multiple recordings - interrater-reliability ; tape recordings, observers, quantative data

Question 9

Validity

Answer 9

• Many different research methods; qualititve and quantative data
• Has ecological validity but has unrealistic features such as councelors not interferring in fights

Question 10

How is this reliable?

Answer 10

• Used a numbered scoring system for the boys’ friendship patterns - collected quantitative data
• Used multiple observers on occasions, creating inter-rater reliability
• Multiple recordings