Tajfel Study (socio) Flashcards

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Aim

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To investigate if intergroup discrimination occurs between assigned groups (minimal groups)

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Procedure

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  • sample consists of 64 teenage boys who are randomly allocated into two groups (deception used in a dot estimation test)
  • participants must assign points or deduct points from other boys from their own group and the other group with a series of matrices
  • they cannot assign points to themselves but they know they will receive money for points in the end
  • tajfel studied whether boys assign rewards or penalties to their in or out-group
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Findings

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  • Majority of boys awarded points to members of their ingroup rather than the outgroup
  • boys could have tried to just maximize the entire profit for the experiment (ingroup and outgroup) or maximize fairness but they did not
  • when there no distinction between in and outgroup, boys tended to try to be “fair”
  • demonstrated that a “minimal” group is all that is required for participants to show favourtism towards their ingroup and discrimination against an outgroup
  • supports theory that conflict can occur even when there is no previous prejudice or competition
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Strengths

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  • Easy to replicate
  • Use of inducements (motivation to maximize profit for group) - boys awarded 1/10th of a cent for each point, could result in approx $1, todays value approx $6
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Limitations

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  • lacks ecological validity
  • Sampling bias: British boys only
  • Internal validity
  • Expectancy effect
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Ethical Considerations

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  • Use of inducements
  • Deception
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Research Method

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Experiment

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