Study In Detail- Tajfel Et Al 70

Question 1

Participants

Answer 1

64 boys aged 14-15 from a school in Bristol

Question 2

How the groups were formed

Answer 2

Asked to estimate number of dots in 40 clusters on a score sheet.
Asked to do something else for them to,
Over and under estimators

Question 3

Method

Answer 3

Boys had to choose how much do reward / punish participant for their estimate.
Between in and In group, in and out and out and out.
Reward/ punishment used real money

Question 4

What occurred

Answer 4

Majority gave more to their own group

In group favouritism found in all trials

Question 5

Conclusion

Answer 5

Prejudice occurs without competition and grouping alone is enough to cause it.

Question 6

Prejudice definition….

Answer 6

Attitudes causing us to think feel and act a way towards a group/ person.

• Cognitive (beliefs)
• Affective (Feeling to members)
• Behavioural (actions to group)

Question 7

Aim

Answer 7

To show that prejudice occurs between groups even when there’s no history or competition.