Muzafer Sherif and His Colleagues Created High Levels of Conflict

question 3

Multiple Choice

Muzafer Sherif and his colleagues created high levels of conflict between two groups of boys at a summer camp. The investigators improved inter-group relations by:

• A) engaging boys from both groups in joint projects.
• B) punishing boys from both groups.
• C) dissolving the social hierarchies within both groups by removing their leaders.
• D) introducing girls into both groups.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, an initially neutral stimulus that automatically triggers a reflexive response without any need for prior learning.

Classical Conditioning

A teaching process in which two stimuli are repeatedly linked; a response that is initially prompted by the second stimulus becomes prompted by only the first stimulus over time.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs by observing and imitating the behaviors of others.