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Question 1

What is Tajfel’s aim of the study?

Answer 1

To investigate the Minimal Conditions in which prejudice and discrimination can occur

To demonstrate that putting people into groups will cause discrimination in favor of their own group and against members of the other group

Question 2

What is Tajfel’s Hypothesis?

Answer 2

Discriminatory inter group behavior can sometimes be expected even if the person isn’t involved in actual conflicts of interest

And no past history of intergroup hostility