22 Boys

Question: Will two different groups that hate each other come together for common goal?

Hypothesis: If two groups hate each other then have a common goal they will form roles for every one, work as a team.

Study Type: participate

Issues and problems: Taking 22 boys pinning them against each other. Having 11 year old boys participate.

Description: Mauzafer and Carolyn Sherif took 22 boys and split them up into two teams, the teams did know of each other at Robbers Cave Park in Oklahoma. The boys were 11 years old. One day they met and started to play games against each other. The scientists were the camp counselor. They all started to make fun of each other, and lots of name calling. So after the competition the scientists gave them the option of watching a movie but they had to pay for it. The boys all agreed to split it equally. One of the teams paid for milk shakes for all the boys since they won the competition and got five dollars. Yet everyone else paid for they own food. The boys all wanted to ride the same bus. They worked together for a movie and milk shakes even though they hated each other.

Author: Molly Lomax