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What is modern racism? Describe some of the forms that modern racism might take.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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The Robber's Cave experiment is important in social psychology. Tell what happened in the study. Explain the significance of the study.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer:
1) It is unlike blatant racism in that it is relatively subtle.
2) It may be expressing one's bigoted attitudes only when it is safe to do so.
3) It may be attributing various bigoted views to sources other than prejudice, when an alternative explanation for expressing the view is available.
4) It may be asserting one is colorblind and refusing to acknowledge one's awareness of race.

Answer to Question 2

Answer:
Robber's Cave involved boys brought to a camp and put into two groups. They developed attachments to their own group, and then competitions were started between the groups. Prejudice began quite strongly almost immediately, and some discriminatory behaviors (fighting, name-calling) started up. In due course, superordinate goals were introduced. As an example, both groups had to pull a truck out of the mud. Such goals reduced prejudice and brought the boys together. Robber's Cave showed that mere competition could engender negative feelings, and conflict and discrimination, between groups. The experiment was significant because it was a transition between realistic conflict explanations for group conflict and later Tajfel experiments that showed that conflict could be created out of nothing.



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