Study In Detail- Tajfel Et Al 70 Flashcards
Participants
64 boys aged 14-15 from a school in Bristol
How the groups were formed
Asked to estimate number of dots in 40 clusters on a score sheet.
Asked to do something else for them to,
Over and under estimators
Method
Boys had to choose how much do reward / punish participant for their estimate.
Between in and In group, in and out and out and out.
Reward/ punishment used real money
What occurred
Majority gave more to their own group
In group favouritism found in all trials
Conclusion
Prejudice occurs without competition and grouping alone is enough to cause it.
Prejudice definition….
Attitudes causing us to think feel and act a way towards a group/ person.
- Cognitive (beliefs)
- Affective (Feeling to members)
- Behavioural (actions to group)
Aim
To show that prejudice occurs between groups even when there’s no history or competition.