Robbers Cave Experiment: Unmasking the Roots of Tribal Conflicts

In the summer of 1954, a school bus with a group of 12-year old boys arrived at Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma. The boys thought they were going camping. Their parents at home believed the sponsored trip had something to do with leadership. None of them knew that they were actually part of a controversial experiment on realistic conflict resolution.
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ORIGINAL TITLE
Realistic Conflict Theory: The Psychology of War and Peace
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CHAPTER
00:00 Introduction
00:14 The Robbers cave experiment
01:01 In-group formation
01:46 Friction phase
02:32 Conflict resolution
03:29 Four findings
03:59 Realistic conflict theory
04:55 What do you think?
05:31 Patron credits
05:40 Ending
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