PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

SOCIAL THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first 5-6 days of the two week Robber’s Cave Experiment was designed to promote ____
A
Intergroup relations
B
Intergroup degeneration
C
In-group formation
D
In-group degeneration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the camp the groups were kept separate from each other and were encouraged to bond as two individual groups through the pursuit of common goals that required co-operative discussion, planning and execution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Phase 1 (In-Group Formation) These boys were taken into a summer camp in Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma. Before the start of the experiment, the boys were randomly divided into two groups ending up with eleven boys each. The two groups were separately transported and housed in cabins within the same park.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 1954 Robbers Cave experiment (or Robbers Cave study) by Muzafer Sherif and Carolyn Wood Sherif represents one of the most widely known demonstrations of RCT. The Sherifs’ study was conducted over three weeks in a 200-acre summer camp in Robbers Cave State Park, Oklahoma, focusing on intergroup behavior.

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