Facts about The Robbers Cave Experiment
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Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment has faced criticism from researchers who noted the experimenters actively intervened to provoke hostility between the groups.
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Rival groups in the Robbers Cave Experiment were named the Eagles and the Rattlers, names the boys chose themselves after being separated into two distinct camps.
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In the Robbers Cave Experiment, boys were divided into two groups who initially had no knowledge of each other's existence before competitive activities began.
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A key finding of the Robbers Cave Experiment was that superordinate goals — tasks requiring cooperation between rival groups — effectively reduced intergroup hostility.
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Conducted by Muzafer Sherif in 1954, the Robbers Cave Experiment studied intergroup conflict and cooperation using boys at a summer camp in Oklahoma.