Sherif's (1966)Robber's Cave Study Demonstrated That Conflict Can Be Created

Multiple Choice

Sherif's (1966) Robber's Cave study demonstrated that conflict can be created simply by randomly assigning people into competing groups.He later demonstrated that he could reduce conflict by having campers work together to achieve some mutual interest (e.g. ,fixing a broken truck,restoring the camp's water supply) .Sherif was demonstrating what social psychologists call

A) non-zero-sum games.
B) equity theory.
C) integrative agreements.
D) superordinate goals.