PSYC 6 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Realistic Conflict Theory, Stanford Prison Experiment, Food Fight
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Pedestrians that are young adult seminaries studying for the ministry that head to chech to deliver sermons on the good samaritan don"t stop to help a man in torn clothes, moaning as he sprawls across a sidewalk. They didn"t stop because they were more concerned with being late (personal obligation to keep their appointment > general commitment to helping others) 22 boys (cloth to 12 years old) are split into two teams (eagles vs. rattlers) 1st phase: completing projects that required the cooperation of members. 2nd phase: series of contests between the two teams. Rivalry generated hostility during games (calling each other names) Continued even after: refused to eat with each other, tore and burned. Shows how hostility develops when individuals within a group work together and compete as a team against another group. Disabled water supply and asked for volunteers to find the problem. Boys from both groups volunteered and found it, solving the problem together.
