In their experimental study of intergroup conflict, psychologist Muzafer Sherif and his co-researchers assigned the highly aggressive boys to one group, the Eagles, and the less aggressive boys to another group, the Rattlers, and then pitted them against each other in a series of competitive games.

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Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment randomly assigned boys to the Eagles and Rattlers groups without considering their aggression levels, to study intergroup conflict and cooperation.

In Their Experimental Study of Intergroup Conflict, Psychologist Muzafer Sherif