Social Studies Flashcards
1
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What is the classic study?
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Sherif
2
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What is the contemporary study?
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Burger
3
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What were the basics of Sherif et al?
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Sherif wanted to learn about in-group out-group conflict so he took 22 boy in two groups (matched pairs) all wasps,to robber’s cave national park. He got both the groups to have competitions over limited resources
4
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3 facts about Sherif et al?
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- 11 years old
- It was an observation experiment
- Study was undertaken in Robbers cave national park
5
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Negatives with Sherif? (3)
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- observation could mean that the observers could have been noticed (reducing reliability of results
- he tried it twice before but both failed because they figured out what was going on
- 11 year olds White Anglo-saxon protestant kids from the same area= not reliable
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What were the basics of burger?
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It was a re-creation of Milgrams study, he took his participants 1 by 1 into a room an there was a learner in a different room, they asked the learner questionsand if the learner got it wrong the ppt had to give them a shock, The shocks were rated 15 V - XXX
7
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3 facts of Burger?
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- He showed the ppt a 45 V shock before
- 70% went above 150 V
- he had 70 ppts paid 50$ each
8
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Negatives of Burger’s study?
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- Milgram did exclude people with emotional issues(not fair sample)
- Lacks eco-validity
