THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
SOCIAL THEORY
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Rattlers and Eagles
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Eagles and Snakes
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Snake-Eyes and Rattle-Tails
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Tigers and Rattlers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The boys chose names for their groups, The Eagles and The Rattlers. During a four-day series of competitions between the groups prejudice began to become apparent between the two groups (both physical and verbal).
Detailed explanation-2: -At Robbers Cave, for example, the boys were competing for prizes, a trophy, and bragging rights. Since the tournament was set up in a way that it was impossible for both teams to win, realistic conflict theory would suggest that this competition led to the conflicts between the Eagles and Rattlers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Robbers Cave experiments showed that superordinate goals (goals so large that it requires more than one group to achieve the goal) reduced conflict significantly more effectively than other strategies (e.g., communication, contact).