⭐⭐Tajfel et al.

Question 1

Possible Questions

Answer 1

Discuss Social Identity Theory

Question 2

Year

Answer 2

1971

Question 3

Aim

Answer 3

Investigate if intergroup discrimination would take place based on being put into different groups.

Question 4

Sample

Answer 4

48 boys
14-15 years old

Question 5

Procedure

Answer 5

• Asked to rate 12 paintings.
• Randomly allocated to 2 groups
• Told that they were split based on which artist they preferred
• Each boy had to award points to one boy from his group and one boy from other group
• Two point systems used
• First point system: Sum of points given to boys had to equal 15
• Second point system: High number of points to their team, higher number for other team. Mid range number for their team, same number for other team. Low number for their team, only one point for other team.

Question 6

Results and Conclusion

Answer 6

First point system
- generally awarded more points to their in-group

Second point system
- Willing to award their team less points to maximize difference in points between groups

Shows that members of a group favour in-group. Intergroup conflict is not needed for discrimination to occur. Example of minimal group paradigm.

Question 7

Evaluate

Answer 7

Internal Validity: High
- controlled
- minimized cofounding variables

Ecological Validity: Low
- highly artificial task

Demand characteristic
- task may have been seen as competitive
- participants may have tried to make their group ‘win’

Sampling Bias
- Only British Schoolboys